freight agent
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of freight agent
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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And his freight agent warned him that the price will most likely rise, to $35,000, because of rail and trucking difficulties in the United States.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021
“It’s like nothing we’ve ever heard of, or seen happen,” said Jia Qing, a freight agent at Janco International Freight in Shanghai.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2020
A friend of his, another freight agent, had suffered a heart attack the other day.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018
At 18, Paul Shoup was a Southern Pacific ticket agent and freight clerk; at 31 he was assistant general freight agent with headquarters at Portland.
From Time Magazine Archive
Telegraph the general freight agent at Chicago for freight cars, as fast as he can let me have them.
From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary
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