section hand
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section hand
First recorded in 1870–75
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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
As a teenager, he worked two summers as a railroad section hand and got to know poor blacks.
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 wore the shabby blue overalls of a section hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
He lived in a house belonging to a Mrs. McCoy, the widow of a railroad section hand killed in a railroad accident, who had a daughter.
From Poor White by Sherwood Anderson
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