retired miner
collocation in Englishmeaningsofretiredandminer
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retired
adjective
uk/rɪˈtaɪəd/us/rɪˈtaɪrd/
If someone is retired, they have stopped working permanently, usually because ...
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miner
noun[C]
uk/ˈmaɪ.nər/us/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
a person who works in ...
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(Definition ofretiredandminerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If there is an old,retiredminerwith partial compensation, do not let us deduct the pay rises of others from his money.
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There is a misconception, even among people in the coalfields, that theretiredminerreceives free coal.
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One might say that that is not much, but for theretiredminerand the unemployed miner it is another increase for them to bear.
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It should be placed on record that the pension for a miner's widow orretiredmineris only a little over £6.
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It is not a matter of transferring £1·50 in the case of theretiredminer, and 75p in the case of a miner's widow, from one pocket to the other.
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The investigation revealed that they had been bought from aretiredminerwho still had access to blasting equipment.
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We welcome the energy that he is investing in the serious matter of compensation for retired miners.
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The organisation has a long and proud record of working in coal mining communities, looking after the interests of retired miners and miners' widows.
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I am aware of the backdrop to the issue of compensation for retired miners.
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There is also the question of concessionary fuels for retired miners and widows.
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However, the people who will pay most are the retired miners.
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They may well be the widows of retired miners, and they know what happens.
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Early retirement has led to the formation of a substantial number of retired miners' clubs, and there are a number of them in my constituency.
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Many retired miners are chronically sick and need help.
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This provides for uniform direct entitlement of retired miners and widows to coal.
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Some of them are elderly, retired miners who are unable to get mortgages.
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They have been prepared to stop dietary allowances and unemployment benefits to retired miners who agreed before the strike to retire.
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Scores of retired miners who come to see me with compensation claims for industrial injuries caused by working down the pit cannot read or write.
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Therefore, it is important that the payment in lieu of fuel sustains additional health care for retired miners and their widows.
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We are making real progress in speeding up medical assessments and compensation payments for retired miners.
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