section hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section hand
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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During years of penury in the U. S. he had been a flypaper salesman, riding master, lifeguard, section hand, bundle wrapper, and forest ranger.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Thad did farm work at 7, sweated as a railroad section hand, sold patent medicines, taught school.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Samuel worked on the farm, hauled wood, became a section hand on the Santa Fe Railroad, taught school.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been obviously out of place during a period he spent as a section hand on his father's Union Pacific Railroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
He cut fence posts in a forest on a large farm in Indiana, worked in the fields, and in one place was a section hand on the railroad.
From Poor White by Anderson, Sherwood
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