platelayer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
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
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
Wardell helped to make the present railway, and has worked for fifty-five years as a platelayer on the line.
From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon
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)
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