mine worker

collocation in English

meaningsofmineandworker

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mine
noun[C]
uk
/maɪn/us
/maɪn/
a hole or system of holes in the ground where substances such as coal, metal, and salt ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofmineandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He is a wee bit higher than the ordinary averagemineworker.
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Themineworkerdoes not pay that amount to the royalty owner.
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He contends, therefore, that he should still be classed as amineworker.
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It will be a great thing for themineworker.
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They do, and, unfortunately, they are tragic from the point of view of themineworker.
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Then again, there is the interest of themineworker.
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He suggested that eachmineworkerwas responsible for paying the royalty owner £6 per annum.
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Everymineworkerwishing to remain in the industry has been offered alternative employment.
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I am the son of amineworker.
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It would be absolutely disastrous if somemineworkerwith an appalling record were to receive help from such a fund.
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Any administration of the mines under nationalisation must not leave themineworkerin the position of a mere wage-earner, whose sole energies are directed by the will of another.
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In the last analysis it is themineworkerwho produces the coal, and there should be a form of administration suitable to his capacity and requirements.
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Is not that figure in stark contrast to the fact that nomineworkerhas been forcibly made redundant in the past year?
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Therefore, despite restrictions and regulations, themineworkeris still not receiving the same standard as in 1913.
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But there has been a continuous lowering of the standard of life of themineworker, and it has now been brought to the lowest level possible.
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As it stands to-day themineworkerwith an insufficient wage goes home, and his wife tells him that she will require more wages to meet the family needs.
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