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Meanings of hoister in English

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Usage of hoister in English
1
Anyhow, I'm glad dey didn't put no hoister nor damper-getter wit' me.
The Big-Town Round-Up
2
While McCloskey was still prophesying failure, he was giving the word to Darby, the hoister engineer.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
3
Pay off, Darby, to the hoister engineer.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
4
Far away in Illinois, a near relative of the painter and hoister of the "bear flag" is a struggling lawyer.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
5
Tommy Finnegan was a little Irishman, with big staring eyes and a wild aspect, a "hoister" by trade, and badly cracked.
The Jungle
6
Friction or Geared Mining & Quarry Hoisters.
Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 / A ...
7
Blaggers, roofers, hoisters, forgers, growlers and fighters.
Class of 88
8
Noiseless, Friction Grooved, Portable, and Warehouse Hoisters.
Scientific American, Volume XXIV., No. 12, March 18, 1871 / A ...
9
I hope so, but there is a hoisters' strike on in the city, and the carpenters threaten to go out in sympathy.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
10
The Sunday papers gave a lurid account of the sentiment of the Carpenters' Union and its sympathetic attitude toward the striking hoisters.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
11
There were the "hoisters," as they were called, whose task it was to press the lever which lifted the dead cattle off the floor.
The Jungle
Hoister through the time