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
Born in San Francisco eight years after the gold rush, initiated in transportation by loading gold on a stage coach of which his father was freight agent.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Oh, we’ll have to catch that thief,” put in the freight agent.
From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Stratemeyer, Edward
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