trackman
Americannoun
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trackmen
plural
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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
James Pilkington, 78, of Manhattan, oldtime policeman, Civil War veteran, contractor, boxer, wrestler, trapshooter, sculler, oarsman, bowler, trackman; of pneumonia; in Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the brightest of the Asylum's 170 orphans, Eugene is a baseball player and trackman, stars in all the school plays.-ED.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But we see it spread, Miss Warfield," said the trackman with a conclusive gesture.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post
Until 1937, when Yale changed its mind, basketball lettermen had to be content with a two-inch minor-sport "Y" instead of five-inchers given to crewmen, footballers, baseballers and trackmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Performances rarely match those outdoors, partly because few trackmen are in top form during the winter, partly because some events are a whole lot harder indoors.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the opposite of Charley Paddock, who was what trackmen call a "driver."
From Time Magazine Archive
While junketing U.S. trackmen were shellacking their Latin neighbors, a band of talented homebodies put on quite a show of their own.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trackmen stopped work to look, but her attitude in their gaze was one of impatience rather than of embarrassment.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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