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wheeltapper

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

wheeltapper

Alternative forms

wheel-tapper

Etymology

From wheel +‎ tapper.

Noun

wheeltapper (plural wheeltappers)

(UK, rail transport, historical) A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

Translations

railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks

German: Radklopfer m

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