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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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