gandy dancern.

/ˈɡandi ˌdɑːnsə//ˈɡandi ˌdansə/

Etymology: Origin uncertain.

slang (originally U.S.).

A railroad maintenance-worker or section-hand.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers

gangman1830

platelayer1836

wayman1840

surfaceman1845

lineman1858

track-layera1861

track-man1881

linesman1883

track-walker1890

lengthman1902

underman1921

gandy dancer1923

snake1929

fluffer1956

1923 N. Anderson Hobo vi. 93 A ‘gandy dancer’ is a man who works on the railroad track tamping ties.

1933 Amer. Speech 8 26/2 Gandy dancer, section hand. (From the rhythmic up-and-down motion of workers pumping a handcar.)

1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 63 They discussed the parlance of railroading—deadhead, highball, whistle stop, gandy dancer.

1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk 35 Footplatemen have a great regard for gandy dancers, the men who keep the rail safe for the train to run over.

Derivatives

gandy dancing n.

ΚΠ

1929 Amer. Speech 5 172 Gandy dancing is not considered a very honorable profession.

1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. vi. 215 Working in a railroad gandy-dancing cookshack.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	gandy dancer
释义	gandy dancern. /ˈɡandi ˌdɑːnsə//ˈɡandi ˌdansə/ Etymology: Origin uncertain. slang (originally U.S.). A railroad maintenance-worker or section-hand. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > track maintenance workers gangman1830 platelayer1836 wayman1840 surfaceman1845 lineman1858 track-layera1861 track-man1881 linesman1883 track-walker1890 lengthman1902 underman1921 gandy dancer1923 snake1929 fluffer1956 1923 N. Anderson Hobo vi. 93 A ‘gandy dancer’ is a man who works on the railroad track tamping ties. 1933 Amer. Speech 8 26/2 Gandy dancer, section hand. (From the rhythmic up-and-down motion of workers pumping a handcar.) 1959 J. Thurber Years with Ross iv. 63 They discussed the parlance of railroading—deadhead, highball, whistle stop, gandy dancer. 1970 F. McKenna Gloss. Railwaymen's Talk 35 Footplatemen have a great regard for gandy dancers, the men who keep the rail safe for the train to run over. Derivatives gandy dancing n. ΚΠ 1929 Amer. Speech 5 172 Gandy dancing is not considered a very honorable profession. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road iii. vi. 215 Working in a railroad gandy-dancing cookshack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1923
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