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section boss

noun

, Railroads.
  1. the boss of a section gang.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of section boss1

First recorded in 1865–70

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Example Sentences

Well, sir, his tone was that fierce th' section boss he dhropped right there iv sheer fright; an' Flannagan was cock iv th' walk.

When liquor is smuggled into a construction camp, a section boss must sometimes use physical force or relinquish his command.

I want them to do the sort of thing you have been doing, each of them to act as section boss, under you, over fifty men.

The section-boss must keep pace with a job that is no sinecure.

Here, then, is the polyglot material with which our section-boss must work.

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