section gang
nounRailroads.
a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
Origin of section gang
1An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
- Compare floating gang.
Words Nearby section gang
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How to use section gang in a sentence
But the section gang had shoveled away the dirt and gravel from the east-bound track.
Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's | Laura Lee HopeDid you-all hear 'bout that 'Talian Dago that works on the section gang eating a buzzard?
Miss Minerva and William Green Hill | Frances Boyd CalhounThese fellows were a double-section gang, for the track is double all along here.
Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty | Nicholas Vachel LindsayThe only men who kept up steady work in and near Carcajou formed the section gang on the railroad.
The Peace of Roaring River | George van SchaickA pinch-bar, left carelessly by a section gang, caught in the cylinder-cock rigging and tore it off.
The Last Spike | Cy Warman
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