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Word: engineman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Usage:

...pontoons. As he reached to open the valve, a wrathful wave rushed over him. For a moment he and the pontoon were out of sight, and the next moment the pontoon reappeared unpopulated. There was a frenzy of excitement until the grinning head of the amphibious engineman was spotted atop another wave. He was captured and brought back to the boat. As he stepped aboard he said, "Well, I opened that valve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Unredeemed | 7/5/1926 | See Source »

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