rockman

noun

rock·​man

ˈräkmənˌ -ˌman

plural rockmen

1

: a worker who removes rocks or ledges by blasting

2

: a worker in a mine:

a

British : a miner who gets out slate rock in a slate mine

b

: slateman

3

: a jackhammer operator

4

: towerman sense d

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