hurrier
English
Etymology
hurry + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌriə(r)
Noun
hurrier (plural hurriers)
- A person who hurries.
- (Britain, obsolete) A young boy or girl employed in a coal mine to drag baskets or small wagons full of coal from the coal face where it was mined, up to the surface.
See also
- pit pony