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n. - One who works in a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate

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  • What it's about: "Owen Meany, the only son of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is."
  • In 1894, Ohio quarrier and labor advocate Jacob Coxey organized a march on Washington, demanding federal intervention in this latest crisis.
  • Poet, son of a quarrier at Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, became a surfaceman on the railway.
  • Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is.
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