section hand

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noun Railroads.

a person who works on a section gang.

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Also called tracklayer.

Origin of section hand

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby section hand

sectionalism, sectionalize, section boss, section eight, section gang, section hand, section mark, sector, sectorial, secular, secular humanism

How to use section hand in a sentence

A new volume in the “Railroad Series,” in which the young section-hand is promoted to a train despatcher.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
The whole thing wasn't any bigger an asset than a job as a section hand on the U P.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
This man isn't a section hand: he's wearing a uniform; he has a cap; it looks as if he had some right to tell us to stop.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High|Leslie W. Quirk
But she has never before been seen in America employed, for instance, as a section hand on a railway.
Mobilizing Woman-Power|Harriot Stanton Blatch

Maybe some section hand stuck a feather of that eagle in his hat and called it macaroni!
The Young Alaskans on the Missouri|Emerson Hough