All 6 Uses of
foreman
in
Main Street
- Fact, Mrs. Kennicott, I'll say that far as I can make out, the only people in this man's town that do have any brains—I don't mean ledger-keeping brains or duck-hunting brains or baby-spanking brains, but real imaginative brains—are you and me and Guy Pollock and the foreman at the flour-mill.†
Chpt 10
- He's a socialist, the foreman.†
Chpt 10 *
- "This foreman and I have some great set-to's.†
Chpt 10
- "Why, Bea's cousin Tina comes in right along, and the foreman at the mill, and——Oh, we have good times.†
Chpt 19
- And the mill foreman comes in right along.†
Chpt 20
- Oh, the mill foreman keeps dropping in, and that Danish shoemaker, and one fellow from Elder's factory, and a few Svenskas, but you know Bea: big good-hearted wench like her wants a lot of folks around—likes to fuss over 'em—never satisfied unless she tiring herself out making coffee for somebody.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(foreman) a person who is in charge of other workers
or:
a juror in a court case who is selected by other jurors to head the jury