workman

Possessives

• hut: The workmen's huts are based on photographs of Victorian railways being constructed.
• compensation: The Rule Books also contain appeals from other courts, mainly county court cases relating to workmen's compensation after 1897.
• cottage: The Company have built and own 845 workmen's cottages.
• wage: Can you expect to have harder duties done for about half a common workman's wages.
• fare: The new line offered exceptionally cheap workmen's fares.
• train: Even during its days as a passenger station it was only served by a couple of workmen's trains each day.

Converse of subject

discover: In 1858 a cave was discovered by workmen at Brixham.

Converse of object

• employ: He was a workman employed by Father Smith, whose daughter he married in 1708.
• engage: I stayed on the ground floor to take an interest in the efforts of two workmen engaged in repairing the said escalator.
• kill: Worker Killed A workman was killed at a construction site.
• watch: Then he can watch the workmen building his house.

Adjective modifier

• bogus: He also asked the lady's normal gardener for a business card, which was handed over to the bogus workman.
• deceitful: For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
• skillful: This is performed by a skillful workman, who places himself opposite a gas-lamp, or where there is a great light.
• skilled: Skilled workmen came from England to settle at the works.
• fellow: Ward, a fellow workman, held him up to the fresh air supply for three hours, thus saving his life.
• experienced: Origin Apprentices used to be expected to hold the candle so that more experienced workmen were able to see what they were doing.

Noun used with modifier

• rogue: Police have released this CD fit in an attempt to trace two rogue workmen.
• master: The rich publisher may treat the poor poet better or worse than the old master workman treated the old apprentice.
• council: It was the council workmen who gave them the idea.