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noun
A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic
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noun
a laborer in a railroad maintenance gang
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jack
History
Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.
