MAN is a hinge word: 35 words make a compound in front of it and 4 make one after it, so it can sit in the middle of a chain and hold two compounds together at once.
Each of these makes a compound ending in MAN.
Each of these makes a compound starting with MAN.
MAN is the busiest hinge in this set, mostly as an agent ending: POSTMAN, FIREMAN, CHAIRMAN. Running the other way it is much rarer, which is why MANPOWER, MANHUNT and MANHOLE feel like a short list.
Put any word from the first list in front and any word from the second behind, and you have a three-word chain in which both neighbouring pairs join. Here are some of them.
BAG → MAN → HOOD — bagman and manhoodBAR → MAN → HUNT — barman and manhuntBOAT → MAN → KIND — boatman and mankindBOW → MAN → POWER — bowman and manpowerKEYSTONE is a free daily puzzle built entirely out of chains like these. You get the two ends and have to fill the two words in the middle. Three bridges a day, no account, no cookies.
Each of these has a page like this one. There is also an index of all 28.
BACK · BALL · BED · BOARD · BOOK · BREAK · DAY · DOWN · FALL · FIRE · GUN · HAND · HEAD · HOUSE · LAND · LIFE · LIGHT · NIGHT · OFF · OUT · OVER · SHIP · SIDE · SOME · TIME · WAY · WORK