Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1744, 1887
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JUSTICEMAN, n. Mining: a checkweigher, “one who checks on behalf of the miners the weight of mineral sent by them out of the pit” (Sc. 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 40, 1927 Dict. Occup. Terms (H.M.S.O.) 49; Lnk. 1959).e.Lth. 1744 Scots Mag. (Jan. 1897) 153:
By on shillg givn to . . . in Dalkeith as Justice-mount [sic] money.e.Lth. 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie 175:
His first day as a justice-man was his last.
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