road agent
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of road agent
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
"This—-er—-Bad Pete isn't an—-er—-that is, a road agent, is he?" he asked apprehensively.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
"How do you know the man's a road agent?"
From The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
Why had he not seen at once that it was Johnson who was the road agent!
From The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco
There was nothing in his speech or manner to suggest that he had ever been a road agent.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Meredith Nicholson
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