locoman
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From loco (“locomotive”) + man.
Noun edit
locoman (plural locomen)
- (rail transport, dated) Someone who works on a locomotive.
- 1937, H. M. Stationery off., Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal commission on safety in coal mines ..., Great Britain. Royal Commission on Safety in Coal Mines, page 753:
- The evidence which I propose to give will deal with safety and health questions concerning all grades of enginemen, boilermen, and locomen […]
- 1948, Report of the National Executive Committee [to The] Annual Conference, National Union of Mineworkers:
- The Lancashire Tradesmen's Association organises craftsmen, semi-skilled and unskilled workmen on the surface other than the manipulators of coal, enginemen, boilermen and locomen; it also organises skilled craftsmen underground, although some craftsmen are organised by the Lancashire Area, which seeks to organise all underground workers including craftsmen.
- 2006, The Railway Magazine, volume 152, page 24:
- As an ex-locoman of the steam days between 1954 and 1968, I would like to set right a misconception that is prevalent in some areas of the steam locomotive preservation movement.
- 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 55:
- The Crescent Road sheds had a favourite locomotive - Stanier 4MT tank engine 42626 (known by Bolton locomen as 'two half-dollars') - and the shed authorities quietly arranged for it to be put to one side for a few days, while the ardent schoolboys set to work cleaning it.
- 1937, H. M. Stationery off., Minutes of evidence taken before the Royal commission on safety in coal mines ..., Great Britain. Royal Commission on Safety in Coal Mines, page 753:
Etymology 2 edit
Probably from loco (“crazy”) + man
Noun edit
locoman (plural locomen)
- (historical) A person in Suriname thought to be a clairvoyant or a sorcerer.
- 2005, Okeyo A. Jumal, “Baba Zumbi”, in Spiritual Shackles, Griot, page 150:
- Locomen, prophets who claim clairvoyance, tossed animal bones from magical gourds, reading the scattered patterns to gain a glimpse into tomorrow.
- 2015, Diana Paton, The Cultural Politics of Obeah, page 31:
- John Gabriel Stedman described Quacy as a locoman, diviner, and sorcerer (rather than an obeah man) who made and sold 'oias or amulets' that made their wearers 'invulnerable'.