All 6 Uses
foreman
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
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- 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
Definitions:
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(1)
(foreman) a person chosen to lead and speak for a group, especially at work or in a courtroomAt work, a foreman is the worker who supervises and directs other workers, often in factories, workshops, or on construction sites. In a court case, the foreman is the juror selected to lead the jury and announce its decision.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)