Also binsman. The man in charge of a bin during hop-picking.
1883. J. Y. Stratton, Hops & Hop-pickers, 31. The pickers are divided into ‘companies,’ usually of ten, the chief of which is the ‘binman,’ who is commonly the ‘pole-puller.’
1884. Sunday Mag., Sept., 578/2. The ‘bin-man’ … is alone permitted thus to go backwards and forwards.
