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SECTION HAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A laborer assigned to a section gang
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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)