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gripman

[ grip-muhn ]

noun

plural gripmen.
  1. a worker on a cable car who operates the grip, which, by grasping or releasing the moving cable, starts or stops the car.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gripman1

An Americanism dating back to 1880鈥85; grip + -man
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Example Sentences

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He said airlines wouldn鈥檛 hire him for flying jobs, and he supported his family as a trolley gripman.

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The gripman stands, center, in dark uniform.

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An open 鈥済rip car鈥 generated movement when a gripman pulled a handle to grasp a moving underground cable, while an unpowered, closed trailer car tagged along.

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鈥淗e is that!鈥 the driver returned, emphatically, as with a dextrous jerk he swung the ambulance just in front of a cable-car, to the sputtering disgust of the gripman.

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"You'd better hang on; the gripman is mad tonight," Mary explained.

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