Workman

Definition

workman /'wɜ:kmǝn/ n ( pl -men /-mǝn/) (က) ကာယလုပ္သား။ အလုပ္ၾကမ္းသမား။ workmen cleaning the drains. (ခ) အလုပ္…သူ။ a good/ bad workman ❍ skilled/ unskilled workmen. ❏ workmanlike adj အလုပ္သမားေကာင္း ပီသေသာ။ ကြၽမ္းက်င္ႏိုင္နင္းေသာ။ She did a very workmanlike job on it. ❍ The team gave a typically workmanlike performance. ❏ workmanship n [U] (က) လုပ္ငန္းကြၽမ္းက်င္၊ ႏိုင္နင္းမႈ။ They admired her workmanship. (ခ) လက္ရာ။ Our new washing-machine keeps breaking down — it's entirely due to shoddy workmanship.

Examples

1. ‘Most of the excavation work will be on the verges but traffic management systems will be in operation on the roads to protect workmen.’
2. ‘We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine
3. ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’’
4. ‘The directory even lists hourly rates charged by the workmen - a big bonus if you're on a tight budget.’
5. ‘One by one the quarries closed and the workmen were forced to find other employment.’
6. ‘According to residents no workmen had been seen working there since last week
7. but they were told to expect them back next Monday.’
8. ‘The workmen are believed to have been employed by North Yorkshire County Council.’
9. ‘One can readily understand an indemnity against claims brought by workmen in respect of plant or tools belonging to the workmen.’
10. ‘The leaks may have been caused by bad workmanship or by movement caused by workmen on the roof doing maintenance.’
11. ‘He is in receipt of workmen's compensation and has additional income from occasional employment.’
12. ‘Shipwrights now required a labour force of workmen with a different set of skills who could saw to length and fit a ship together according to plan.’
13. ‘Town councillors claim workmen continued with the removal even after being warned that they were taking away new crosses.’
14. ‘The employer
15. notionally
16. gives the workman an unshaped plank of wood
17. and receives in return a plank that has been sawn and nailed.’
18. ‘We spent a fair bit of time up there on the roof
19. measuring this and that
20. and my father was explaining how he wanted things done to his workmen.’
21. ‘The centre is closed temporarily while workmen carry out major work including the installation of a lift.’
22. ‘Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof.’
23. ‘Even today workmen in Coldstones Quarry occasionally cut through old mining levels.’
24. ‘The tide had reached the ship
25. and now the workmen labouring about the hull were ankle deep in water.’
26. ‘Fairly accurate records were kept of the hours spent by the various workmen employed on the project.’
27. ‘The council argue they have been working hard to resolve the issue but Charlotte is refusing to let workmen access the property to repair the damage.’
28. ‘Most claims by workmen against their employers are paid for by a trade union.’