| 单词 | section hand |
| 释义 | > as lemmassection hand section hand n. ΚΠ 1873 Newton Kansan 27 Feb. 3/2 A drunked section hand..laid down upon the railroad track to take a nap. 1887 C. B. George 40 Years on Rail ix. 167 The men, from section hands to conductor, would have gone to the ends of the earth to do him a good turn. 1903 Congress. Directory 116 As a common laborer or ‘section hand’ on the railroad. 1904 F. Lynde Grafters xxiii. 284 When the section hands pelt stray dogs with new spikes from the stock keg. 1969 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 2 Nov. 5/2 There are no sectionhands in the pass these days, nature finally triumphed in the thirties, closing the line. < as lemmas |
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