quarrier
IPA: kwˈɔriɝ
noun
- Somebody who works in a quarry.
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Examples of "quarrier" in Sentences
- Quarrier is best known for his charitable work.
- Poet, son of a quarrier at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, became a surfaceman on the railway.
- What it's about: "Owen Meany, the only son of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is."
- The stone quarrier, which supplies construction and infrastructure projects, raised about $452.6 million in a follow-on share offering.
- In 1894, Ohio quarrier and labor advocate Jacob Coxey organized a march on Washington, demanding federal intervention in this latest crisis.
- This operation was chiefly performed by John Watt — a strong, active quarrier by profession, — who was a perfect character in his way, and extremely zealous in his department.
- This operation was chiefly performed by John Watt -- a strong, active quarrier by profession, -- who was a perfect character in his way, and extremely zealous in his department.
- On our way back, via the high ridge to the west, through Langton Matravers and Kingston, we began to understand why Thomas Hardy called Swanage a town "where everybody who was not a boatman was a quarrier".
- Everybody in the parish who was not a boatman was a quarrier, unless he were the gentleman who owned half the property and had been a quarryman, or the other gentleman who owned the other half, and had been to sea.
- In this serpentine occurred veins of soapstone, occasionally of such a thickness as to be itself the object of the quarrier: it was used in the making of porcelain; and small quantities were in request for other purposes.
- Granite quarrier and headstone maker Rock of Ages surged 75 cents, or 22%, to 4.12, after privately held Swenson Granite proposed buying out the Graniteville, Vt., company in a deal that values the company at $32.5 million.