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Definition of Switchmen
1. switchman [n] - See also: switchman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Switchmen
Literary usage of Switchmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Economics of Railroad Construction by Walter Loring Webb (1906)
"The necessity for flagmen and switchmen may be said in general to increase with the
... It is quite unlikely that the number of switchmen would be affected. ..."
2. Railroad Operations: How to Know Them : from a Study of the Accounts and by James Shirley Eaton (1900)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN AND WATCHMEN. This account is intended to include all those
wages costs incidental to actual running of trains which are not a part of ..."
3. Information Annual ...: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events (1917)
"The committee selected to arbitrate the demands of the switchmen of the New ...
The switchmen made a demand for an eight-hour day after the Adamson law was ..."
4. Information Annual (1917)
"The committee selected to arbitrate the demands of the switchmen of the New ...
The switchmen made a demand for an eight-hour day after the Adamson law was ..."
5. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice : a Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1908)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN, AND WATCHMEN; TELEGRAPH EXPENSES; STATION SERVICE; AND STATION
SUPPLIES. These items will be proportional to the general scale of ..."
6. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice : a Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1903)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN, AND WATCHMEN; TELEGRAPH EXPENSES; STATION SERVICE; AND STATION
SUPPLIES. These items will be proportional to the general scale of ..."
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