section hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section hand
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Young Thad did farm work at 7, sweated as a railroad section hand, sold patent medicines, taught school.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a jobless railroad section hand at Ashland, Miss. His wife Pearl, 30, had borne him three children, was great with a fourth.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
But she has never before been seen in America employed, for instance, as a section hand on a railway.
From Mobilizing Woman-Power by Blatch, Harriot Stanton
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