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section boss

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noun Railroads.

the boss of a section gang.

Origin of section boss

First recorded in 1865–70

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Historical Examples of section boss

The section-boss must keep pace with a job that is no sinecure.
The Modern Railroad
Edward Hungerford
Yet the section-boss seems to regard it as distinctly humorous.
The Railroad Problem
Edward Hungerford
Here, then, is the polyglot material with which our section-boss must work.
The Railroad Problem
Edward Hungerford
And his responsibility is little greater than that of the section-boss.
The Railroad Problem
Edward Hungerford
Since his early boyhood, the section-boss had not known snow.
The Plow-Woman
Eleanor Gates