brakesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"A freight brakesman gave it to our porter at the station."
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The next year he was appointed brakesman at Black Collerton Colliery, with six shillings added to his wages, which were now nearly a pound a-week, and he was always making a few shillings extra by mending his fellow-workmen's shoes, a job at which he was rather expert.
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At the end of 1803 his only son, Robert, was born; and soon after the family removed to Killingworth, seven miles from Newcastle, where George got the place of brakesman.
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Here come the train slowly backing down, the brakesman a swinging lanterns, and the passengers all swarming onto the platforms.
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Since I been free, I made my living railroading, brakesman and steamboating.
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