gripman
nounEtymology From grip + -man.
1
Historical A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
noun
Etymology From grip + -man.
Historical A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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