screwman

noun

screw·​man

-ümən

plural screwmen

1

: one who passes metal through a rolling mill and reduces it to desired thickness by adjusting screws that regulate roller clearance

2

: one who helps to prepare the way for and to set up power shovels and cranes

called also jackman

3

: one who loads bales of cotton onto a riverboat

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