section boss

American  

noun

Railroads.

1. the boss of a section gang.

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Etymology

Origin of section boss

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

Finder of the Minnesota maid was one P. F. Stary, sharp-eyed section boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

They say we can't go back till the section boss has examined the track in Baxter's Cut.

From The Flyers by McCutcheon, George Barr

There wasn't any one in authority, even so mild an authority as a section boss, who hadn't fired Sammy Durgan so often that it had grown on them like a habit.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

Say, that guy of a section boss told me to look out for caves.

From The Black Box by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Change every man in that gang, and never leave this spot except when the section boss replaces you, until we're ready for firing.

From Thurston of Orchard Valley by Dunton, W. Herbert