Trogladitie

n.

Heard in Limerick

A factory worker on twelve-hour shifts who becomes so accustomed to artificial light that he rarely sees natural sunlight.

In use

Ask the trogladitie to move those boxes

Posh English

Instruct the factory operative accustomed to perpetual artificial illumination to shift those crates.

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