section boss
- the boss of a section gang.
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Origin of section boss
First recorded in 1865–70
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The section-boss must keep pace with a job that is no sinecure.
The Modern RailroadEdward Hungerford
Yet the section-boss seems to regard it as distinctly humorous.
The Railroad ProblemEdward Hungerford
Here, then, is the polyglot material with which our section-boss must work.
The Railroad ProblemEdward Hungerford
And his responsibility is little greater than that of the section-boss.
The Railroad ProblemEdward Hungerford
Since his early boyhood, the section-boss had not known snow.
The Plow-WomanEleanor Gates