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
Finding no signs of life in the section boss, the wounded, and by this time thoroughly frightened, French-Canadian turned his attention to the other two victims.
From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Cy Warman
Mr. Harding did not become a railway magnate by remaining a section boss.
From John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life by Frederick Upham Adams
The section boss sprang up with an exclamation of alarm.
From Two Little Knights of Kentucky by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
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.
From Under Handicap A Novel by Jackson Gregory
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