peatman

English

Etymology

peat +‎ -man

Noun

peatman (plural peatmen)

  1. A man whose occupation is digging peat.
    • 1951, Malcolm Arthur Smith, The British Amphibians & Reptiles, page 258:
      We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).
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