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Foremanship

noun
1.
The position of foreman.






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"Foremanship" Quotes from Famous Books



... supplied with fine fresh bread every day. The division baker has three Cincinnati bake-ovens, from which he turns out from three to five hundred loaves a day, besides pies innumerable. It is under the foremanship of Mr. John Wakely, a well-known Cincinnati baker. This arrangement is a great saving to the Government in the way ...
— Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive • Alf Burnett

... who, if he had not been born a peer, would probably have taken the highest rank as an inventor. So thorough was his knowledge of smith- work that he is said to have been pressed on one occasion to accept the foremanship of a large workshop, by a manufacturer to whom his rank was unknown. The great Rosse telescope, of his own fabrication, is certainly the most extraordinary instrument of the kind ...
— How to Get on in the World - A Ladder to Practical Success • Major A.R. Calhoon

... from the working force or, in a few cases, trained especially for their positions. Although there are few opportunities each year for advancement to foremanship, employers declare they cannot get enough persons of ability to fill vacancies. A study of the previous experience of foremen and forewomen made by the survey shows that they come from nearly every department of the factory. The length of previous ...
— Wage Earning and Education • R. R. Lutz



Words linked to "Foremanship" :   office, spot, post, situation, billet, foreman, berth, position, place



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