section hand


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section hand

n.
A laborer assigned to a section gang.
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Noun1.section hand - a laborer assigned to a section gang
section gang - a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad
laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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As the time of factories had not yet come, the laborers worked in the fields or were section hands on the railroads.
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