railroad worker

collocation in English

meaningsofrailroadandworker

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railroad
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us
/ˈreɪl.roʊd/
(of a room or building) long ...
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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 ofrailroadandworkerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He spent his early life working as a barber, carpenter, canecutter, bartender, tailor,railroadworkerand army stenographer.
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His father who was arailroadworkerdied when he was 14.
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Her father, arailroadworker, taught her how to play piano.
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Aside from politics, he worked as a machinist and arailroadworker.
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The format featured a retiredrailroadworkerreminiscing dramatically about olden times.
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Her father, arailroadworker, died in the influenza epidemic of 1918.
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With this expansion, the dangers to therailroadworkerincreased.
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His father, arailroadworkerand woodcarver, was an elder in the clan who was charged with keeping the religious knowledge and customs of the pueblo.
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Federal workers had enjoyed special protection since 1920, railroad workers since 1934.
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His father was arailroadworker.
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George brought in the primary income as arailroadworker.
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During the post-war era, only civil servants and railroad workers remained integrated into separate insurance schemes.
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However, he eventually abandoned these studies as his father, who was arailroadworker, was in a precarious financial state.
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His father wasrailroadworker.
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Pulaski traveled west and worked as a miner,railroadworker, and ranch foreman before joining the forest service in 1908.
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Therefore, separate schemes for railroad workers and other public employees were far more generous than the r'gime g'n'ral.
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These unions, however, largely had ignored earlier pleas by less skilled railroad workers for state laws mandating weekly pay.
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One would have thought that the human factor would have come into consideration, but the interests of the railroad workers have not been mentioned.
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Railroad workers became public employees, which deprived them of the right to strike.
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