railwayman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Now, being a railwayman, I thought he'd either missed a speed restriction sign or there was something else wrong. I don't remember anything else after that," he says.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2021
Born working-class – the son of a Suffolk railwayman – Hall had scholarships to Perse public school and then Cambridge University.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2017
Born at Carnforth, in Lancashire, Cecil Parkinson was the son of a railwayman and in his youth he was left-wing, a pacifist and considered becoming a clergyman.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2016
Every railwayman, for example, who went on strike in disregard of his contract is personally liable to be sued in the County Court for damages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Being himself a railwayman he seemed to think that the muddle, if any, was chargeable to conditions over which the railways had little or no control.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
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