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"geordie" Definition

  1. general term in Northumberland and Durham for a pitman, or coal-miner. From the _Greek_, GEORGE meaning one who works the earth, originally a cultivator; the term has been in use more than a century.

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Position in the dictionary: 1425 of 4022 slang words.
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