Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who operates railroad switches.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has charge of one or more switches on a railway; a pointsman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who tends a switch on a railway.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who operates
railway switches which routetrains onto railtracks . - noun A person whose job is to help in the switching of
railcars in a railway yard.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man who operates railroad switches
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Hello, Mrs. Black!" called the switchman in a jolly voice to his wife, who just then came to the side door to look out.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Laura Lee Hope
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"Milk, Bruno!" called the switchman again, and he opened the door and out ran the dog.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Laura Lee Hope
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"Well, they're men of all classes," the switchman replied.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots Greg Mitchell 2010
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I left Holy Name High at the age of 14.1 worked nights on the railroad as a switchman.
norbert blei | in memoriam « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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First to appear on camera was a Mr. Healey, who identified himself as a switchman at the Southern Pacific yard at Colton.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots Greg Mitchell 2010
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I left Holy Name High at the age of 14.1 worked nights on the railroad as a switchman.
May « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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First to appear on camera was a Mr. Healey, who identified himself as a switchman at the Southern Pacific yard at Colton.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots Greg Mitchell 2010
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"Well, they're men of all classes," the switchman replied.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Irving Thalberg's Final 'Attack Ad' Sparks Riots Greg Mitchell 2010
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It was not uncommon for a switchman to lose track of where all the trains in his charge were going, an alarming development that would send him lunging for his emergency whistle to let off a long blast.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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It was not uncommon for a switchman to lose track of where all the trains in his charge were going, an alarming development that would send him lunging for his emergency whistle to let off a long blast.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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