section gang
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of section gang
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Ohio, he failed to graduate from high school, worked on a railroad section gang.
From Time Magazine Archive
His powerful arms and shoulders Henry Armstrong attributes to his first job: swinging a sledge hammer in a railroad section gang.
From Time Magazine Archive
He has worked on a section gang, was a surveyor, once worked as a fireman on the Union Pacific.
From Time Magazine Archive
He worked his way from section gang water boy to senior vice president of Illinois Central Railroad from which he resigned to rule the great mail order company.
From Time Magazine Archive
They had not come in yet, so the Circus Boy strolled over toward the station shortly after six o'clock waiting for the section gang to return.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
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