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Pointsman

noun
(pl. pointsmen)
1.
A policeman stationed at an intersection to direct traffic.





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"Pointsman" Quotes from Famous Books



... cottage, as I kissed our sleeping child, My wife looked up from her sewing, and told me, as she smiled, That Johnny had made his mind up—he'd be a pointsman, too. "He says when he's big, like daddy, he'll work in the box with you." I frowned, for my heart was heavy, and my wife she saw the look; Lord bless you! my little Alice could read me like a book. I'd to tell her ...
— Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two • Various


Words linked to "Pointsman" :   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, traffic cop, Britain, U.K., UK


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