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
In spite of his sedentary occupation, father Muskie was a confirmed outdoorsman at heart, and Ed became an enthusiastic fisherman, a good skier and a competent trackman in school.
From Time Magazine Archive
In five previous appearances in a nationwide tour for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund, he had looked like an average U. S. trackman.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trackman was listening with the greatest interest.
From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Melville Davisson Post
Most other experts agree that U.S. trackmen will do even better in Mexico City than they did at Tokyo in 1964, when they won twelve out of 24 gold medals and broke two world records.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is the opposite of Charley Paddock, who was what trackmen call a "driver."
From Time Magazine Archive
So to start clean he left Manhattan, went to the Y. M. C. A. College in Springfield, Mass., where he talked to trackmen, wrestlers, footballers.
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
A gang of trackmen filed slowly out after them.
From Whispering Smith by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
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