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platelayer
/ ˈpleɪtˌleɪə /
noun
- a workman who lays and maintains railway track US and Canadian equivalenttrackman
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The platelayer, it is said, is instructed to wear a red tie so that on emergency it may be used as a danger signal.
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Wardell helped to make the present railway, and has worked for fifty-five years as a platelayer on the line.
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It is obvious the mobility of labor between the occupations of a platelayer and a barrister is not very great.
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His father is a platelayer on the railway receiving the magnificent sum of 16s.
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No platelayer other than the foreman shall be authorised to undertake any work interfering with the free passage of trains.
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