section hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section hand
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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He wore the shabby blue overalls of a section hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Woodruff, who had risen from section hand to president in 36 years with the Erie, bought new diesels for fast freight, streamlined the Erie's creaky business methods, cleared $21.8 million in 1941.
From Time Magazine Archive
Business Career: During summer vacations from college, worked as a clerk and section hand on the family's Union Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
During years of penury in the U. S. he had been a flypaper salesman, riding master, lifeguard, section hand, bundle wrapper, and forest ranger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe some section hand stuck a feather of that eagle in his hat and called it macaroni!
From The Young Alaskans on the Missouri by Hough, Emerson
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