engine driver
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Pasquale wants to apply the brakes on a train that has not only left the station but no longer is under the control of the engine driver.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2021
By 9 a.m., less than three hours later, a fire department engine driver miles away in Concow radioed to dispatch that he was trapped by the same, now exploding Camp fire, along with 20 civilians.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2018
Everyone at the pit top from the gateman to the engine driver greeted him as though he were a friend and brother.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2015
Jimmy worked in the Natal gold mines and as an engine driver and the family was not well-off.
From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2013
Under the circumstances a much weaker man than Sir James would have withstood the engine driver and resisted the invitation of Mrs. Mulcahy's hotel in Finnabeg.
From Lady Bountiful by Birmingham, George A.
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