platelayer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A curious story is told at Box of a platelayer, employed in the tunnel some twenty years ago, who with his gang worked there at night, and slept at Box village in the day.
From The Bath Road History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)
When first I met him he was in the railway service, a labourer on the permanent way, what is called a surfaceman in Scotland, a platelayer in England and a milesman in Ireland.
From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Tatlow, Joseph
It lasted half the night, and then each clay-stained navvy and tattooed platelayer slept and snored where he fell.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
The data being given, by a theodolite or otherwise, an intelligent platelayer can easily set out the curve, while the trained engineer proceeds in advance with the theodolite.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
It is obvious the mobility of labor between the occupations of a platelayer and a barrister is not very great.
From Supply and Demand by Henderson, Hubert D.
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