section boss


nounRailroads.
  1. the boss of a section gang.

Origin of section boss

1
First recorded in 1865–70

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How to use section boss in a sentence

  • Well, sir, his tone was that fierce th' section boss he dhropped right there iv sheer fright; an' Flannagan was cock iv th' walk.

  • When liquor is smuggled into a construction camp, a section boss must sometimes use physical force or relinquish his command.

    The Girl From Keller's | Harold Bindloss
  • 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.

    Under Handicap | Jackson Gregory
  • The section-boss must keep pace with a job that is no sinecure.

    The Modern Railroad | Edward Hungerford
  • Here, then, is the polyglot material with which our section-boss must work.

    The Railroad Problem | Edward Hungerford