section boss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section boss
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Finder of the Minnesota maid was one P. F. Stary, sharp-eyed section boss.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the company was alarmed for the safety of the trains, Pat Delahunty, the section boss, sent out three men on a hand-car over his section in advance of this train.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
The section boss scrubbed reflectively at his chin whiskers.
From The Night Operator by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
You’d better be making good with the section boss.
From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
I sent on my secretary, Miss Laura, to make friends with the section boss, and Lenora and I went out by automobile a little later.
From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
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