railway worker

collocation in English

meaningsofrailwayandworker

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railway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/us
/ˈreɪl.weɪ/
the metal tracks on which ...
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worker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɜː.kər/us
/ˈwɝː.kɚ/
someone who works in a particular job or in a ...
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(Definition ofrailwayandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One informant had to support herself and her offspring when herrailwayworkerhusband was also sponsoring children from his extended family.
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Arailwayworkerin my constituency earns £10 a week.
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I can speak with feeling on this point also, as a formerrailwayworker.
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But therailwayworkeris intimately concerned in these increased charges.
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Anyrailwayworkerspeaking publicly against the railway, even in the interests of public safety, faces dismissal.
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This problem is different from that of therailwayworkerand social worker because there are so many more employees in agriculture.
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A constituent of mine, arailwayworkerwas injured while working in the shunting yards and after seven or eight years his injury proved fatal.
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Let me turn to my second point, because this is far more serious: the morale of therailwayworker.
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Therailwayworkeris much more entitled to it.
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I remember my experience as arailwayworker.
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There is nothing in the life of the coalminer or therailwayworker, and nothing in the ordinary life of industry, to attract men.
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I bring to the debate a background, many years ago, as arailwayworker.
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Does the steel worker or therailwayworkerchoose his job because he thinks that that is how he can best serve the national interest?
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I was arailwayworkerseveral years ago.
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One day therailwayworkerexpects to do two hours and the next day he is quite happy to do 10 hours.
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I was arailwayworkerand the pension was nothing to write home about.
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I was arailwayworkerat one time.
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I am convinced, as arailwayworker, that we want our transport carried on with a maximum of efficiency.
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I say that, at the moment, to a great extent it is at the expense of therailwayworker.
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It concerns the widow of arailwayworkerwho bought a house after the war started.
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