railman

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railman

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From rail + -man.

noun railmen

A man who works on a railway. "The railman on the platform, whom I knew well, looked a bit bemused and asked what I was doing. Thinking it a silly question, I said something along the lines of 'what do you think? I'm going home to bed'. "He then said 'but you don't live here anymore'.
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@misc{railman_2026,
  title = {railman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/railman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}