engine driver
mainly British a person who drives a railway locomotive; train driver
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How to use engine driver in a sentence
The engine-driver had been quite near to Don all evening and now Don asked a question.
Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest | Lillian Elizabeth RoyHis father is an engine-driver on the railway; he has begun school late, because he was ill for two years.
Cuore (Heart) | Edmondo De AmicisOur engine driver was held up by the strikers bivouacked in the railroad yards and we were stalled there for hours.
Memoirs of an American Prima Donna | Clara Louise KelloggOn the opposite side, the pipes would be solely for communication between the guard and engine-driver.
Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. MurrayThe engine-driver looked down upon him very sternly, and said, 'Now tell the truth; what were you put in prison for?'
The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame
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