A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
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ORDER V.—MAKERS OF BRICKS, POTTERY AND GLASS

Sub-order 1.—Makers of Bricks, Pottery and Earthenware

110.—Kiln and Oven Oddmen



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oddman, biscuit oddman, glost oddman ; sitter-up
takes charge of an oven in absence of biscuit or glost fireman (109) (q.v.); fetches coal, bricks up entrance of oven before firing, and opens it after firing, and does other odd jobs about oven.
sitter-up
see oddman.

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From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016.   This text is in the Public Domain.