单词 | railroad detective |
释义 | > as lemmasrailroad detective railroad detective n. ΚΠ 1863 N.Y. Observer 30 July 247/1 Railroad detective S. V. R. Brayton traced the robber to Utica, and arrested him, recovering $4,376 in paper money, and $3180 in gold. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 25 For ten years now this tightly wound woman with the snowdrifted hair had been serving section hands, firemen, railroad detectives..conductors, and truck drivers. 2005 R. A. Lee Farmers vs. Wage Earners iii. 86 A railroad detective from St. Louis was helping them, all the while composing a list of strikers involved in what he called destruction of property. < as lemmas |
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