brakesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Stephenson was again taken on as a brakesman at the p. 40West Moor Pit.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
The steward, in unusual radiance, came in presently, and sang a long song concerning a tramp who was flung off a freight train by a brakesman.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
Discovering no signs of him, he grew anxious, and questioned the brakesman.
From Terry's Trials and Triumphs by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)
Remember that both brakesman and conductor may be in collusion to deceive you.
From Literary Lapses by Leacock, Stephen
One brakesman, Alphonse by name, like a wise person, usually went about his own business on arrival at the B�thune Road Dump, which was often a warm spot.
From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.
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