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SECTION HAND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does section hand mean?
• SECTION HAND (noun)
The noun SECTION HAND has 1 sense:
1. a laborer assigned to a section gang
Familiarity information: SECTION HAND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer assigned to a section gang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("section hand" is a kind of...):
jack; laborer; labourer; manual laborer (someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor)
Holonyms ("section hand" is a member of...):
section gang (a work crew assigned to a section of a railroad)
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