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pit-prop

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pit-prop [ˈpɪtprɒp] Npuntal m, peón m


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That was also the time, of course, when England's football team was served by a production-line of pit-prop centre-forwards who would rather have had their right leg sawn off at the knee than concede they had been remotely inconvenienced by a tackle.
But virtually every issue carries a story about individuals losing life or limb, never mind the hundreds of miners who died in horrendous pit-prop falls and dust explosions.
Yet there was still a demand for carpenters, whose tools are shown here, as wooden pit-props remained essential equipment.
 
 
 
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