engine driver

noun

The engine-driver had been quite near to Don all evening and now Don asked a question.

His father is an engine-driver on the railway; he has begun school late, because he was ill for two years.

Our engine driver was held up by the strikers bivouacked in the railroad yards and we were stalled there for hours.

On the opposite side, the pipes would be solely for communication between the guard and engine-driver.

The engine-driver looked down upon him very sternly, and said, 'Now tell the truth; what were you put in prison for?'

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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