They called in a machinist to investigate why their car would not run. From LearnThat.org.
The workman in the old machine shop was known as a machinist, an apprentice or a helper. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Progress and Human Economics] Reference
The worker in the machine shop of today is no longer known as a machinist, because that term does not cover the present range of positions. From Wordnik.com. [Industrial Progress and Human Economics] Reference
He's a journeyman, which is the top rating for machinist, meaning he can make almost any part in a Boeing airliner. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 24, 2004] Reference
Mr. Sperry spoke to a class of machinist trainees. From Wordnik.com. [Tough Work, Not Many Takers] Reference
I'll make a machinist out of you yet, see if I don't. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
They related how they had come upon the crazy machinist. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
At 1 o'clock not a machinist had issued from the portals. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915] Reference
I believe I would like machinist helper or Molder helper. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference
"He's a third-class machinist, sir," the engineer replied. From Wordnik.com. [The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service] Reference
That crazy machinist came back, and some one was with him. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
One I recognized as the insane machinist who was here before. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
The woman's husband is a machinist, she said, and likes his job. From Wordnik.com. [Amish Population Boom: Age-Old Amish Experience 21st Century Growth] Reference
"The machinist Scholer and his assistant Bracher," was the reply. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference
But the crazy machinist, if indeed it was he, got away, and after. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
He is thought to have learned the machinist trade in Pawtucket, Rhode. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964] Reference
Real good trained machinist now, and I'm gonna walk out of here clean. From Wordnik.com. [Alarm Clock] Reference
"Keep away!" cried the machinist, swinging the sledge toward the boys. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
He said he was going to take no more chances with the crazy machinist. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
We left our miner in Walla Walla, to get work, I think, as a machinist. From Wordnik.com. [Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California] Reference
It will take a practical machinist to overhaul the plagued contraption. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
Danley Pearson left his job as a machinist in utter agony two decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [PHARMACY ISLAND] Reference
Morton had decided to do without the services of his machinist this afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
"Yes -- yes, I think I did, sir," answered the machinist, in a hesitating voice. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
Then, soon's I been there a while, I'll get my papers and go contract machinist. From Wordnik.com. [Alarm Clock] Reference
"Right up there," answered the machinist, pointing to the roof of the storeroom. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
He had gone away for a moment, in which interval the crazy machinist had appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
His father was a machinist and worked for years with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
"There will be my machinist in the rumble-seat," replied Morton, blushing furiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
He has only ordinary ability in other directions, but as a machinist he is a marvel. From Wordnik.com. [How to Become Rich A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony] Reference
Mining and machinist jobs will still be available in the future — just not as many. From Wordnik.com. [Men’s Lib] Reference
Fortunately for me I learned the machinist trade and had a machine shop at my disposal. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952] Reference
The machinist easily occupies a leading place in the multitude of trades and occupations. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Mechanics for Boys] Reference
To his delight, the machinist said he could easily repair the chain, and he set about it. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
The machinist, under the spur of double pay from the impatient George, made it a one day job. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie] Reference
Invention was on the rack for novelty, and the skill of the machinist was taxed to the utmost. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
One CEO was thought to be much like any other, just as one machinist was thought to be like the next. From Wordnik.com. [A Question Of Loyalty] Reference
The former machinist is looking for work, but there's nothing available that pays like his old factory job. From Wordnik.com. [Driving Towards Disaster] Reference
But when it comes to good health, "no amount of money is too much," says Furman, a 73-year-old retired machinist from Euclid, Ohio. From Wordnik.com. [Health: I Screen, You Screen] Reference
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