Word of the Day 07/08/24 Yardmaster
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Yardmaster (noun)
yardmaster [ yahrd-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]
noun
1. a person who superintends all or part of a railroad yard.
Origin: First recorded in 1870–75; yard + master
Example Sentences
But what limit is set to a switchman's courage I have never known, because I've never known one to balk at a yardmaster's order.
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He was a yardmaster at the time of leaving the company's employ.
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You wonder why they keep an expert yardmaster and half a dozen switching crews at Waverley.
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Here is the yardmaster at a great interior railroad centre—we call it Somerset for the sake of convenience.
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If not, he refuses to accept it from the yardmaster until it has been resealed, and makes a note of the occurrence.
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Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
yardmaster [ yahrd-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]
noun
1. a person who superintends all or part of a railroad yard.
Origin: First recorded in 1870–75; yard + master
Example Sentences
But what limit is set to a switchman's courage I have never known, because I've never known one to balk at a yardmaster's order.
From Project Gutenberg
He was a yardmaster at the time of leaving the company's employ.
From Project Gutenberg
You wonder why they keep an expert yardmaster and half a dozen switching crews at Waverley.
From Project Gutenberg
Here is the yardmaster at a great interior railroad centre—we call it Somerset for the sake of convenience.
From Project Gutenberg
If not, he refuses to accept it from the yardmaster until it has been resealed, and makes a note of the occurrence.
From Project Gutenberg
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.