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Definition of Deadheaded
1. deadhead [v] - See also: deadhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadheaded
Literary usage of Deadheaded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rates of Pay and Regulations Governing Employes in Train and Yard Service on by Edgar Erastus Clark, Patrick Henry Morrisey, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (1900)
"If crews are deadheaded to St. Thomas from Detroit, ... If deadheaded on freight
train full mileage will be paid in all cases. I only part of crew is used ..."
2. Decisions of the United States Railroad Labor Board with Addenda and by United States Railroad Labor Board (1921)
"Engineers and firemen when deadheading by proper orders shall receive half pay
for such deadhead trip, except when deadheaded on freight trains, ..."
3. Interpretations of Accounting Classifications Prescribed by the Interstate by Interstate Commerce Commission, United States (1908)
"What is the correct classification of mileage of cabooses deadheaded in passenger
trains and of baggage cars deadheaded in freight trains? Answer. ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"... seventy-five per cent of them have to be deadheaded empty westbound in quick
time; the minimum carload of green fruit is the least minimum we have in ..."
5. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"I could have left the Park, deadheaded to anywhere in the world, started over.
I could have turned my back on Dan, on Debra, on Lil and the whole mess. ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"He 'll think I want them deadheaded.» «No matter, if your conscience is clear;
and don't be so shamefully modest as you always are, but speak up boldly. ..."
7. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1904)
""Several excuses are offered in Mr. Roosevelt's behalf for thus allowing himself
and his friends to be deadheaded. One is that Presidents McKinley, ..."
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