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Nov 30, 2009
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pit•man



Pronunciation: (pit'mun), [key]
n.,
pl. -men for 1, -mans for 2.

1. a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
2. Mach.any of certain types of connecting rods.

Pit•man



Pronunciation: (pit'mun), [key]
n.
Sir Isaac, 1813–97, English inventor of a system of shorthand.

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