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fettler
noun 5
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2VERB + FETTLER
doing
FETTLER + NOUN
song, union
Definitions
noun
1
A person who maintains railway lines.
Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade.
1939, Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers)http://unionsong.com/u266.html The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight But the Fettler must keep toiling, to keep the track alright.
2
Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
3
Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
4
A friend or mate.
How's tha' doing fettler?
5
An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.
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Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade.
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1939, Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers)http://unionsong.com/u266.html The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight But the Fettler must keep toiling, to keep the track alright
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How's tha' doing fettler?
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