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词汇 tiersman
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Definition of tiersman in English:

tiersman

nounˈtɪəzmən
Australian

  • (chiefly in South Australia) a lumberjack working on a forested mountain range.

    stringybark for buildings in Adelaide was cut by the tiersmen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have since been told that one of the tiersmen pushed Curran's arm on one side, thereby probably saving the escaping man's life.
    • They lived in the Adelaide Hills, probably with the Tiersmen in the stringybark forests, felling trees, erecting rough houses and post-and-rail fences.
    • The cattle-stealers brought drafts of cattle into the gullies, where the cattle were killed, skinned, and sold to the tiersmen.
    • The first hanging in the Colony was that of Magee, a tiersman.
    • The amusement frequently ran to free fights in the pit, especially when the Tiersmen and whalers were in town.
    • These places, owing to want of money amongst the tiersmen, are evidently falling off.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from tier in the Australian sense 'a forested mountain range' + -man.
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