trackwalker
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of trackwalker
Example Sentences
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But on the way to the station, the trackwalker got to thinking.
From Time Magazine Archive
The glib, confidential voice that made this announcement was that of Arthur Hale, a Manhattan newscaster who in his 43 years has been doughboy, claim agent, insurance man, trackwalker and radio pianist, but never a reporter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week was one of high exuberance for everyone connected with Union Pacific Railroad�from Chairman William Averell Harriman and President Carl Raymond Gray down to Jose the trackwalker.
From Time Magazine Archive
The jobs ranged from Secretary of State to trackwalker on the Government's Alaska Railroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
The life of a trackwalker on the subway, dodging 200 cannonball flyers a day for tiny wages�the sleights of a push cart man �the sandwichmen, those biting commentators upon our modern scheme of existence�the revivalists�the lovers of Little Italy�the bums�the men in the dark�the men in the storm�the men in the snow.
From Time Magazine Archive
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