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section boss
noun
, Railroads.
- the boss of a section gang.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of section boss1
First recorded in 1865–70
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Example Sentences
Well, sir, his tone was that fierce th' section boss he dhropped right there iv sheer fright; an' Flannagan was cock iv th' walk.
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When liquor is smuggled into a construction camp, a section boss must sometimes use physical force or relinquish his command.
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I want them to do the sort of thing you have been doing, each of them to act as section boss, under you, over fifty men.
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The section-boss must keep pace with a job that is no sinecure.
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Here, then, is the polyglot material with which our section-boss must work.
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