local. [f. FITT v. + -ER1.] One who vends and loads coals; a coal-broker.
1678. in Brand, Newcastle (1789), II. 669. Alsoe att and by the hands of the customers collectors fitters and other officer and officers of and in the said port places and creeks.
1739. Enquiry Reasons Advance Price Coals, 31. The Hostmen or Fitters at Newcastle are an incorporated Company.
1843. T. Wilson, Pitman’s Pay, etc., 108. The ‘Runnin’ Fitters’ stannin’ still. Ibid., 117. Mourn, a’ the fitters o’ the Quay!
