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yardman

noun
yard·​man | \ ˈyärd-mÉ™n How to pronounce yardman (audio) , -ËŒman\

Definition of yardman

1 : a person employed to do outdoor work (such as mowing lawns)
2 : a person who works in the yard of a commercial establishment especially : one who supervises the handling of building materials in a lumberyard
3 : a railroad hand employed in yard service

Examples of yardman in a Sentence

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 His yardman sprayed weedkiller to control vegetation that was growing there and accidentally got it on my Asian jasmine. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, "Gardening mailbag: It’s not hard to retrain a crape myrtle," 9 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of yardman

circa 1825, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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