chipman

noun

chip·​man

ˈchipmən,

-ˌman

plural chipmen

1

: a worker who cleans up metal chips and shavings from machining processes

called also scrapman

2

: a worker who removes the flavor-giving wooden chips from beer-fermenting tanks and washes them for reuse

Word History

Etymology

chip + man

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