section hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section hand
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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A onetime section hand on the railroad, now a Birmingham lawyer, 38-year-old Augustus set out last week on a rival speaking tour.
From Time Magazine Archive
I understand, from a survey made by some of the boys in the Twin Cities belt, the pay of some of the reporters even exceeded that of a section hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a teenager, he worked two summers as a railroad section hand and got to know poor blacks.
From Time Magazine Archive
To Mexico last week Ambassador Josephus Daniels was travelling along when in time's nick a section hand near Monterey discovered a "sun kink" on the track�a rail buckled by the heat.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'm a railroad section hand, an' was lookin' to be made a foreman on a section near New York.
From The Boy With the U.S. Census by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis
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