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dogman
dogman
English
Noun
dogman (plural dogmen)
- (Australia) An assistant to a crane operator, responsible for securing the crane's load and directing the operator.
- 1998, Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers′ Federation, page 108,
- Accordingly, during 1972 the union embarked upon a concerted campaign to enforce the use of two dogmen on each crane.
- 2005, Henry Pollack, The Accidental Developer: The Fascinating Rise to the Top of Mirvac Founder Henry Pollack, page 243,
- The usual crane crew required for operation of the site was one crane driver and two dogmen, but the BLF insisted that the builder keep a relief crane driver and a relief dogman permanently on site.
- 2010, Raymond D. Clements, Aussie Rogue, page 59,
- The only work I had done as a dogman was to use a crane on the back of a truck ‘slinging loads’ and work the crane and truck myself.
- 1998, Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers′ Federation, page 108,
- A man who trains dogs to fight for sport.