railwayman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Prescott was born in Prestatyn, north Wales, in 1938, the son of a railwayman.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2012
At the next general elections the party boasted two Members of Parliament: Keir Hardie, a Scottish miner, and Richard Bell, a railwayman.
From Time Magazine Archive
He never was a born railwayman, any more than he was a pure financier.
From The Masques of Ottawa by Bridle, Augustus
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