Etymology
Origin of rail-splitter
Example Sentences
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He grew up a rail-splitter clearing land on the frontier.
From Washington Times
Smith is likened to Honest Abe, the humble rail-splitter who overturned the slave power by announcing the axiomatic truth of human equality.
From New York Times
The populist mythology surrounding Abraham Lincoln was not only the rail-splitter born in a log cabin, but the youth who studied books by candlelight.
From Washington Post
Since the recession, Hogan argues, we’re even more likely to hold up figures like Lincoln — a rail-splitter who made it all the way to the Oval Office – as the embodiment of American pluck.
From Time
Many, no doubt, were full of curiosity to see the now famous rail-splitter, but all were outspoken and earnest in their assurances of support.
From Project Gutenberg
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