Talk:corporal

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Latest comment: 6 years ago by Equinox in topic Possible missing sense
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RFC discussion: August–September 2014[edit]

See Talk:corporeal#RFC discussion: August–September 2014.

Possible missing sense[edit]

Historical, in coal mining: "Man in charge of a certain district under the deputy". I believe this was listed in an 1894 Mines Inspectors Annual Report - appendix. Got it second-hand from an online list of old mining terms. Equinox 01:00, 13 May 2017 (UTC)Reply