surfaceman means A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From surface + -man.
noun
- A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
- A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.“To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.”