meterman

noun

meterman

noun

Etymology From meter + -man.

1

A man whose occupation is to read and adjust meters.

  • One who gave more than a second glance was a meterman for the Southern California Gas Company, named Martin Edward Mortensen, who met Gladys during the summer of 1924.2001, Donald Spoto, chapter 1, in Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, page 11:

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