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SHAFT SPRAGGER

Specialty Definition: SHAFT SPRAGGER

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Mining

In anthracite and bituminous coal mining, a laborer who controls the movement of mine cars as they are run to the top or to the bottom of the shaft by poking sprags (short metal or wooden rods) between the spokes ofthe wheels. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: SHAFT SPRAGGER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-f-g-g-h-p-r-r-s-s-t"

-4 letters: graftages.

-5 letters: gagsters, gastreas, graftage, grafters, graspers, harasser, regrafts, sharpers, sharpest, spargers, staggers, strafers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SHAFT SPRAGGER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 48 41 46 54      53 50 52 41 47 47 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01001000 01000001 01000110 01010100 00100000 01010011 01010000 01010010 01000001 01000111 01000111 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#72 &#65 &#70 &#84 &#32 &#83 &#80 &#82 &#65 &#71 &#71 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0048 0041 0046 0054      0053 0050 0052 0041 0047 0047 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

534235405425350523541413952

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