head-swamper

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n. — Hist.

the supervisor of a gang of swampers (def. 1).

See: swamper(def. 1)

Quotations

1933

The "head-swamper" and his gang then cleared a bush road from the interior to the roll-way.

1961

The head-swamper or road-maker extended the roads into the forest as work progressed so teamsters could haul back to the roll-way.