SECTION HAND

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A laborer assigned to a section gang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("section hand" is a kind of...):

jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)

Holonyms ("section hand" is a member of...):

section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)

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