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RAIL-SPLITTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rail-splitter mean?
• RAIL-SPLITTER (noun)
The noun RAIL-SPLITTER has 1 sense:
1. a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
Familiarity information: RAIL-SPLITTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
rail-splitter; splitter
Hypernyms ("rail-splitter" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
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