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Cable man

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cablemannounA man employed to manufacture or install cabling.
cable guynoun(Canada, US, informal) A man who works for the cable television service and installs cable television.
cablernounSomeone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
cablecasternounOne who cablecasts.
linemannounA person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman.
wirernounA person who installs wiring.
gripmannoun(chiefly historical) A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car (the streetcar), therefore enabling it to start and stop.
canalmannounA boatman who works on a canal.
lineworkernounA lineman; one who works on overhead cables.
wiremannounSomeone who works with wire; primarily someone who connects electric wiring.
cabblernounOne who works at cabbling.
cannerymannounA man who works in a cannery.
electriciannounA tradesperson who installs, repairs and maintains electrical wiring and equipment.
cameramannounSomebody who operates a movie camera or television camera.
wiretappernounA person who installs or monitors wiretaps.
wirepersonnounSomeone who works with wire; primarily someone who connects electric wiring.
cnnernounAn employee of the multinational cable news channel CNN.
company mannounA male employee who has a great—and often, in the view of others, an excessive—commitment to serving the interests of the organization which employs him.
repairmannounA male repairer, a man who repairs things.
taxi-cabmannounA man who runs a taxicab; a cabman.

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