pitlamp ((v.))

Esp. B.C.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1v.

engage in pitlamping.

Quotations

1967

Frank Greenfield . . . once jailed a man for pitlamping deer. . . .

2v. — Slang

dismiss from employment, especially because of union activity.

1966

A pit-lamped logger was one who had just been fired.