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railwayman

British  
/ ˈreɪlˌweɪmən /

noun

  1. a worker on a railway, esp one other than a driver

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Research says that trugo was invented in the late 1920s or early 1930s by Tom Grieves, a Yarraville railwayman and first president of the Victoria Trugo Association.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2018

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

Fearing for life and limb, skittish London Transport workers appealed for help to their union, which last week demanded compensation for any railwayman who might be assaulted by indignant passengers.

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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