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grip•man



Pronunciation: (grip'mun), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -men.
a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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