shunter
/ (ˈʃʌntə) /
noun
a small railway locomotive used for manoeuvring coaches rather than for making journeys
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How to use shunter in a sentence
This one was a shunter, another was a carpenter, a third was a waggon-builder, and so on.
Life in a Railway Factory | Alfred Williams"There'll be some soft jobs going—then," murmured a shunter, who was getting on in years, reflectively.
The Secret of the League | Ernest BramahI'm some shunter myself; but I dip the colors to Aunty: she does it so neat and sudden!
Torchy, Private Sec. | Sewell Ford
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