Meaning of fettler | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who maintains railway lines.
2. Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
3. Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
   broadly
4. A friend or mate.
   UK, slang
5. An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.
   historical

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Examples

“Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take⟳ it up a heavy grade.”

“1939, Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers)http://unionsong.com/u266.html The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight But the Fettler must keep⟳ toiling, to keep⟳ the track alright.”

“How's tha' doing fettler?”

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