Meaning of surfaceman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
2. A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
   Scotland

Examples

“To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.”

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