hewer dans le dictionnaire PONS

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He became a hewer that year, working at the coal-face, and within a few months was elected as an assistant checkweighman.
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In the dressing area of the mine, old, former hewers were responsible for supervising the sorter boys.
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Perhaps it will force us to finally just say no to being hewers of wood and drawers of water.
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Hewer managed to become very rich.
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The hewer exam could be taken once the miner was 20 years old.
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Coal was got by hand, hewers using picks and shovels in mines lit by candles.
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Between his apprenticeship as a sorter boy and the exam, the trainee hewer thus had at least two years of practical experience.
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For this, the master hewer, was specially trained in a preparatory course, which culminated with an in-house examination.
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When the glassworks shut down for good in 1791, many villagers worked as wood hewers and sleeper sawyers while the railway was being built.
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The hewer was held in particular esteem, by the other miners in the pit, even though he actually had no authority over them.
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