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A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them…A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
Meaning
1 senses(US, idiomatic)A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
More definitions
- a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
Origin
Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.
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