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单词 railwayman
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  • A man will become a miner or a railwayman 'by patrimony,' and it will be difficult to gain admission to a union in any other way.

    Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge
  • Luckily, the railwayman had the wit to see that this earnest-eyed passenger was speaking the truth.

    Number Seventeen|Louis Tracy
  • These considerations suggest that, of the two, the railwayman was a better strategist than the General.

    The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914|Edwin A. Pratt
  • It means about sixteen hours hard graft a-day to make not half what a railwayman makes in eight hours.

    Some Everyday Folk and Dawn|Miles Franklin

railwayman

/ (ˈreɪlˌweɪmən) /

noun plural -men

a worker on a railway, esp one other than a driver

Words nearby railwayman

railroading, railroad pen, railroad worm, rail-splitter, railway, railwayman, raiment, Raimondi, rain, rainband, rainbird
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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