Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which shunts; specifically, a railway-servant whose duty it is to move the switches which transfer a train or carriage from one line to another.
- noun A hand-lever used to start and move a railroad-car.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Railroad) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rail transport, UK A
railway locomotive used forshunting ; aswitcher - noun rail transport, UK A person who carries out shunting operations
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small locomotive used to move cars around but not to make trips
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Examples
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Rachel did this by 'herself' with the shunter watching - when 'she' had finished 'she' said to the shunter testily "If you had been a gentleman you would have done that for me." to which the shunter said "And if you had been a lady I would have done."
Happy Valentines Day I Don`t Think Newmania 2007
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The poor shunter - he's the one who has to go home and explain the love-bites to his missus.
A Fire Raging in Islington Newmania 2007
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He was shunting locos in the yard at Wembley one night accompanied by the shunter.
Happy Valentines Day I Don`t Think Newmania 2007
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Maltomeetim, alltomatetam, when a tale tarries shome shunter shove on.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Hear the sheer drag of scythe on metal the shunter makes at the curve of the viaduct while, with elongated wail, rolls three spoil-wagons to the hollow hill.
Unmanned Stephen Oliver
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On throwing the handle over, and against the end of the wagon, the crank moves over and below the center, lifting up the catch into a position out of range of action, and from this position it cannot fall except it is released by the shunter.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 Various
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Andrew's tutorage I had learned to distinguish the rumble of a "goods" from the rush of a "passenger," a two-engine haul from a single, and even the heavy voice of the big old "shunter" that lived about the
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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I'm some shunter myself; but I dip the colors to Aunty: she does it so neat and sudden!
Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907
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A British Rail Class 03 Diesel-mechanical shunter (switcher) with a jackshaft under the cab.
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Samta, who is the only woman, will too have to go through the defined hierarchy of assistant loco pilot, shunter, goods loco pilot, passenger loco pilot and then Mail/Express loco pilot.
The Times of India 2010
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