Definition of Switchmen

1. Noun. (plural of switchman) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Switchmen

1. switchman [n] - See also: switchman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Switchmen

switches
switchgear
switchgirl
switchgirls
switchhook
switchhooks
switchier
switching
switching on
switchings
switchless
switchlike
switchman
switchmen (current term)
switchology
switchover
switchovers
switchroom
switchrooms
switcht
switchy
switchyard
switchyards
swith
swithe
swither
swithered
swithering

Literary usage of Switchmen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Economics of Railroad Construction by Walter Loring Webb (1906)
"The necessity for flagmen and switchmen may be said in general to increase with the ... It is quite unlikely that the number of switchmen would be affected. ..."

2. Railroad Operations: How to Know Them : from a Study of the Accounts and by James Shirley Eaton (1900)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN AND WATCHMEN. This account is intended to include all those wages costs incidental to actual running of trains which are not a part of ..."

3. Information Annual ...: A Continuous Cyclopedia and Digest of Current Events (1917)
"The committee selected to arbitrate the demands of the switchmen of the New ... The switchmen made a demand for an eight-hour day after the Adamson law was ..."

4. Information Annual (1917)
"The committee selected to arbitrate the demands of the switchmen of the New ... The switchmen made a demand for an eight-hour day after the Adamson law was ..."

5. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice : a Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1908)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN, AND WATCHMEN; TELEGRAPH EXPENSES; STATION SERVICE; AND STATION SUPPLIES. These items will be proportional to the general scale of ..."

6. Railroad Construction: Theory and Practice : a Textbook for the Use of by Walter Loring Webb (1903)
"switchmen, FLAGMEN, AND WATCHMEN; TELEGRAPH EXPENSES; STATION SERVICE; AND STATION SUPPLIES. These items will be proportional to the general scale of ..."

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