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RAIL-SPLITTER

Dictionary entry overview: What does rail-splitter mean?

• RAIL-SPLITTER (noun)
The noun RAIL-SPLITTER has 1 sense:

1. a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

Familiarity information: RAIL-SPLITTER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• RAIL-SPLITTER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

rail-splitter; splitter

Hypernyms ("rail-splitter" is a kind of...):

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

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