section gang
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section gang
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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His powerful arms and shoulders Henry Armstrong attributes to his first job: swinging a sledge hammer in a railroad section gang.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has worked on a section gang, was a surveyor, once worked as a fireman on the Union Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ohio, he failed to graduate from high school, worked on a railroad section gang.
From Time Magazine Archive
He worked his way from section gang water boy to senior vice president of Illinois Central Railroad from which he resigned to rule the great mail order company.
From Time Magazine Archive
The section men were good fellows, only sometimes we would get into a storm miles from a section gang and strike a place where we couldn't see a thing.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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