Lexicographical Neighbors of Spikers
Literary usage of Spikers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Track Work by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1916)
"High spikers—If the head spikers do not have time to completely drive their spikes
home, a couple of spiking gangs, called high spikers, should follow along ..."
2. Pioneering in Cuba: A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First by James Meade Adams (1901)
"The Lowells and spikers were intelligent and cultivated people who had been
accustomed to a good style of ..."
3. Practical Track Work by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1915)
"The gage liner throws the rail to correct gage and holds it there while the gage
spikers drive their spikes. Old experienced spikers can save a good deal of ..."
4. Practical Track Work by Kenneth L. Van Auken (1915)
"The gage liner throws the rail to correct gage and holds it there while the gage
spikers drive their spikes. Old experienced spikers can save a good deal of ..."
5. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"This is done while the line spikers are spiking their first tie, so that no time
is lost, as the gage spikers start their work as soon as the gage rail is ..."
6. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"This is done while the line spikers are spiking their first tie, so that no time
is lost, as the gage spikers start their work as soon as the gage rail is ..."
7. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"This is done while the line spikers are spiking their first rail, so that no time
is lost, as the gage spikers start their work as soon as the gage rail is ..."
8. The Trackman's Helper: A Handbook for Track Foremen, Supervisors and Engineers by Joseph Kindelan (1917)
"4 to 8 Tie Nippers—Hold up ties for back spikers 6 Material and Toolmen—Distribute
joint, fastenings, spikes and bolts, and look after tools 2 Water ..."
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