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Smasher

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-005403

A person employed at a mine, in the days of hand labour, to break up waste rock into smaller pieces. The word names the worker and not a machine. The work was done with hammers, and the broken rock was then sorted or dumped, until mechanical crushers took the job over.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-005403
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectMining and extraction
TranslationsGerman: Schlagmann; Spanish: machacador; French: casseur
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-005403",
  "term": "Smasher",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A person employed at a mine, in the days of hand labour, to break up waste rock into smaller pieces. The word names the worker and not a machine. The work was done with hammers, and the broken rock was then sorted or dumped, until mechanical crushers took the job over.",
  "subject": "Mining and extraction",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Schlagmann",
    "es": "machacador",
    "fr": "casseur"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/smasher/"
}

Record 5,842 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.