Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A worker employed to maintain or inspect railroad tracks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One employed to look after a railway-track.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Railroads) One employed on work on the track; specif., a trackwalker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A
railway employee who inspects and maintains thepermanent way of a railwayinstallation .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The trackman was a person accustomed to the reality and not the theory of things.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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According to the trackman, David Sey, there was nothing wrong with the nuts on the stretcher bar.
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Mays beat Roger Bannister, the English trackman who broke the four-minute-mile barrier, a truly historic feat.
WILLIE MAYS JAMES S. HIRSCH 2010
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"An 'now listen," continued the big trackman fiercely, as the rest gathered about him.
The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs
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"But we see it spread, Miss Warfield," said the trackman with a conclusive gesture.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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It subsequently transpired that he was justified, an injury to a rail having been discovered which might have made the passage at great speed dangerous; but, until that fact was known, the poor trackman at Port Clinton was sufficiently abused.
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The big trackman was a person of sound practical sense.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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With a plunge the big trackman reached up and caught him by the ankle, wrenched him back from the lantern, and clambered up beside him.
The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs
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We were an excited group around the train's crew, when the trackman came up with his torch.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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The trackman was listening with the greatest interest.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square Melville Davisson Post
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