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
The ladies bowed to the wife of the section boss and to the others as they came in turn.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
"I guess the railroad is going to sell her," replied the section boss.
From The Rover Boys in New York Or, Saving their father's honor by Stratemeyer, Edward
He's just about the same now as when he was a section boss on his own railroad.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
Why, there's the section boss, his wife—you know her—she does the washin' for most everybody.
From The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains by Hough, Emerson
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