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Flagman   Listen
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Flagman  n.  (pl. flagmen)  One who makes signals with a flag.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Flagman" Quotes from Famous Books



... was in the direct path of the train backing into the depot. The one he had just left and the one proceeding in the same direction shut him in where there was no flagman or switches. The train bearing down upon him was on a rounding bend of rails, the locomotive not in view, and there was no possible chance ...
— Ralph on the Overland Express - The Trials and Triumphs of a Young Engineer • Allen Chapman

... men in one, as every great man is. But when the kindly, philosophic, paternal and altruistic "Yim Hill" is in the saddle, you will see the significance of this story: Just after Mr. Hill had gotten possession of the Burlington, he made a trip over the road. A rear-end flagman at Galesburg was boasting to some of his mates about how he had gone over the division with the ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14) - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen • Elbert Hubbard



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