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Definition of Pullman porter
1. Noun. A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullman Porter
Literary usage of Pullman porter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"And a Pullman porter does not become an employee of the railway company within
the meaning of the act, by reason of the fact that as an accommodation to ..."
2. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1910)
"There is some question as to whether the Pullman conductor was present. However that
may be, the Pullman porter was informed by the ..."
3. Telegraphic Tales and Telegraphic History: A Popular Account of the Electric by William J. Johnston (1880)
"... screaming engines—Supplying locomotives with water by electricity — Fun on
the railroad- Waking the Pullman porter—Operators' ..."
4. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"He changed his clothes from a carriage caller's to a Pullman porter's, and from
the Pullman porter's to a coat room boy's, but like a good comedian, ..."
5. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"He changed his clothes from a carriage caller's to a Pullman porter's, and from
the Pullman porter's to a coat room boy's, but like a good comedian, ..."
6. Horizons: A Book of Criticism by Francis Hackett (1918)
"He changed his clothes from a carriage caller's to a Pullman porter's, and from
the Pullman porter's to a coat room boy's, but like a good comedian, ..."
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