dogman
Noun
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Noun
dogman (plural dogmen)
- (Australia, New Zealand) 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J4vx-NjjQxsC&pg=PA108&dq=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22+crane+-intitle:%22dogman%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bg1BT7-9Le-WiQe034DRBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22%20crane%20-intitle%3A%22dogman%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=C_PsAAAAMAAJ&q=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22+crane+-intitle:%22dogman%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22+crane+-intitle:%22dogman%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bg1BT7-9Le-WiQe034DRBA&redir_esc=y 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fx9tiAzryvcC&pg=PA59&dq=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22+crane+-intitle:%22dogman%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bg1BT7-9Le-WiQe034DRBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22%20crane%20-intitle%3A%22dogman%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J4vx-NjjQxsC&pg=PA108&dq=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22+crane+-intitle:%22dogman%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Bg1BT7-9Le-WiQe034DRBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22dogman%22|%22dogmen%22%20crane%20-intitle%3A%22dogman%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 108],
- A man who trains dogs for the bloodsport of dogfighting.
- (cryptozoology) An alleged cryptid that is part man, part dog.
- Alternative form of dog man#English|dog man
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