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SECTION HAND

Pronunciation (US):

• SECTION HAND (noun)
The noun SECTION HAND has 1 sense:

1. a laborer assigned to a section gang

Familiarity information: SECTION HAND used as a noun is very rare.

• SECTION HAND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A laborer assigned to a section gang

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("section hand" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("section hand" is a member of...):

section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)

"Close only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades."
(English proverb)
"«He who teaches himself hath a fool for a teacher», but he who does not teach himself has no teachers at all."
(Christopher Berkeley)
"The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point."
(Arabic proverb)
"Cover your candle, it will light more."
(Egyptian proverb)

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