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GANDY DANCER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gandy dancer mean?
• GANDY DANCER (noun)
The noun GANDY DANCER has 1 sense:
1. a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
Familiarity information: GANDY DANCER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gandy dancer" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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