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wireman

[wahyuhr-muhn] / ˈwaɪər mən /


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Andrea Kelly Kelly graduated from an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ pre-apprenticeship program to become a construction wireman.

From Slate Feb. 7, 2023

After graduating from DeForest High School, Havey got a job as an apprentice wireman for the Western Electric Company in Chicago.

From Washington Times Mar. 12, 2016

An enlisted man answered: "Hello . . . wait a minute," and he shouted: "Hey, where's that wireman, anyone seen that wireman?"

From Time Magazine Archive

As the wireman or angler brings the fish to the boat, the object is to "lead" the fish into position to be gaffed, therefore the term "leader."

From Time Magazine Archive

It is in every respect a handy, well-written, instructive, comprehensive volume on wiring for the wireman, foreman, contractor, or electrician. 2nd Revised Edition.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?

Near by passed a parade of wiremen, riflemen, mortarmen and stretcher bearers.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been one of the most sought-after "wiremen," or electronic eavesdroppers, in the East, supplying bugging and recording devices to clients on both sides of the law.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The union's complaints," said Allbright, "are on the following grounds: "Employing a worker not in the presence of registered wiremen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Electrical Workers' Union, made up principally of inside wiremen, conducts apprentice classes taught by journeymen.

From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz

Men of the following minor trades were also invited: cable-jointers, chauffeurs, drillers, dynamo attendants, electric-bell fitters, joiners' helpers, machinists, motor fitters, plumbers' mates, switchboard attendants, tool-grinders, wiremen.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh




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