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Pithead
Pithead meaning
The area around the top of the mineshaft of a coal mine. | A hoverfly of the genus Pipiza.
Synonyms of Pithead
Example sentences (4)
Visitors see the steam winder, which transported miners into the pit and brought out coal, learn about the hardships that influenced child labour laws and explore the revolutionary pithead baths that enhanced the miners’ work-life balance.
Her work has been previously published at B*tch Flicks, Electric Literature, Catapult, Pithead Chapel and other sites.
Snowdown, Kent (1976) Albert Christian and workmate smoking in the pithead baths.
He said all pithead plants with sufficient coal supply should run at 100 per cent PLF.