railwayman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The railwayman, confused but happy, had evidently been the recipient of kind and appreciative words, for his face was glowing, and Miss Ray's fairly beamed with the radiance of its smile.
From Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila by King, Charles
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