Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the operating crew on a railroad train, especially the brakeman.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man employed on a railway-train, as a brakeman or a porter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a member of the crew of a railroad train, often an assistant to a conductor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who works on a
railway /railroad - noun US A
brakeman
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an employee of a railroad
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Examples
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“Grand Central Station!” called the trainman, as, after a few minutes of darkness and smoke, daylight reappeared.
Sister Carrie 2004
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"Grand Central Station!" called the trainman, as, after a few minutes of darkness and smoke, daylight reappeared.
Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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"Grand Central Station!" called the trainman, as, after a few minutes of darkness and smoke, daylight reappeared.
Sister Carrie 1900
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"Grand Central Station!" called the trainman, as, after a few minutes of darkness and smoke, daylight reappeared.
Sister Carrie 1900
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Washington! "called the trainman, after a ride of about five hours.
The Bobbsey Twins in Washington Laura Lee Hope
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Clay-ton! "called the trainman, as the cars began to go more slowly when the brakes were put on, and Bunny and Sue, with their father and mother, began to gather up their hand baggage in readiness to alight.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South Laura Lee Hope
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Oh, trainman tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby.
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Oh, trainman tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby.
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Oh, trainman tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby.
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Oh, trainman tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby.
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