hurrier

noun — 2 senses

hurrier

noun

Etymology From hurry + -er.

A person who hurries.

Business, Mining UK, Obsolete A child employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.

Related terms: pit pony

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