trackman
Americannoun
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a person who assists in inspecting, installing, or maintaining railroad tracks.
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a trackwalker.
noun
Gender
See -man.
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Origin of trackman
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The coaches in Tacoma have charted almost everything with the aid of trackman and rapsodo as well.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
Kenneth started as a trackman, replacing heavy wooden ties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2016
He set a Games record and became the first trackman ever to win his event in four successive Olympics.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yale had her Driscolls nearly 20 years ago, one an oarsman, one a trackman, neither brilliant.
From Time Magazine Archive
A trackman stood with his hands on the pumping bar.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
Come April showers, August heat waves, fall fogs or winter blizzards, the trackmen pull on spikes and practice every day of the year, and always amid a gaggle of trainers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Drake had six 1936 Olympic trackmen, no Olympic champions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Italy, which has surprisingly produced a small army of capable trackmen, has a 1,500-meter hope in Francesco Arese, a black-mustachioed teacher who runs 25 to 30 kilometers a day through the traffic of Turin.
From Time Magazine Archive
When winter comes, trackmen pull on flannel drawers, pound away on wooden tracks, move inside to practice only when snow covers the boards.
From Time Magazine Archive
To rank with the non-commissioned officer and the Jack tars of the official group there is a foreman and a gang of railroad trackmen.
From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.
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