brakesman
Britishnoun
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So Twaddles marched off importantly with the conductor to find the young, good-natured brakesman, and the three little Blossoms rather wished they could go, too.
From Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm by Mabel C. Hawley
At the foot of the great mound of shot rubbish was the fixed engine of which George Stephenson acted as brakesman.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
"I have decided to do so, and I am asking you now for an h'engagement as brakesman."
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Of course, as he was only a brakesman, his opinion was considered to be worth very little on such a point.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
I've been brakesman, and freightman, and, after that, freight agent.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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