Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointmen
Literary usage of Pointmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stokers and Pokers by Francis Bond Head (1849)
"Whenever the line at Newton Junction is obstructed, or an Engine or Waggon is
being shunted, the attention of the pointmen on the Liverpool and Manchester ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery in the by Francis Vesey, Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Beames (1818)
"... that he should have some Influence in the Choice of Assignees; controlling
that, so as to prevent the Ap- pointmen^of an Assignee less indifferent ..."
3. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"... points than 2 working together; but pointmen usually work in pairs, on mat -tue
the other routes the point. Depending on the character ot the gravel. ..."
4. Diplomat's Dictionary by Charles W. Freeman, Jr. (1995)
"Diplomats, warriors without weapons: Diplomats are warriors without weapons,
pointmen for the armed men behind them. Diplomats and military commanders serve ..."
5. The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great by Edward McPherson (1882)
"... dated the 17th instant, in relation to the np- pointmen; jf commissioners in
the slave States, to award to the owners of alavés enlisted as volunteers ..."
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