Meaning

3 senses
  1. (Pennsylvania, US, colloquial)A person who is either unkempt or slovenly.

  2. One who is employed to operate an industrial cutting tool.

  3. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard with 7 years or more of sea duty.

Origin

There may be some tie to the Slate Belt region, USA, where Cornish and Welsh quarrymen of

There may be some tie to the Slate Belt region, USA, where Cornish and Welsh quarrymen of the last two centuries were likely referred to as cutters.

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Forms

plural: cuttermen
Singularcutterman
Pluralcuttermen

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See also

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