Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The manager of the traffic on a railway, canal, or the like.
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Examples
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When he left the train at Sunkhaze station he was still worrying as to whether the assistant traffic-manager would be able to beat the O. & O. road on the grain contract.
The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900
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"Nothing like the ozone of the forest to make you sparkle," chuckled the traffic-manager.
The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900
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Jerrard had been traffic-manager of the great P.K. & R. system for many years, and when he grew bilious and "blue" and very disagreeable, the doctor told him to go back into the woods so far that he would not think about tariff or rebates or competition for two months.
The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900
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After what seemed a long interval, and when Jerrard, dizzied by the bumps and the curves, believed that the end must be near, -- for six miles are but an inconsiderable item to the traffic-manager of a thousand-mile system, -- he asked how far they had come.
The Rainy Day Railroad War Holman Day 1900
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After qualifying as an engineer at the Ecole Polytechnique, he had held various posts at Mont-de-Marsan, Chartres, and Bordeaux, before securing in 1864 the position of traffic-manager to the Chemin de Fer du Midi.
My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 Ernest Alfred Vizetelly 1887
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I strongly impressed the necessity of careful search upon Mr.A. A. Robertson, the traffic-manager of the Company.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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I also had long conversations with Mr.A. A. Robertson, lately sent out as traffic-manager to the Izrah, and with Mr. A.ondsen, the Danish sailor, then _en route_ to the hapless A.ankon mine.
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855
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It's the same with the porters, the same with the guards, the same with the ticket clerks, the same the whole way up to the secretary, traffic-manager, or very chairman.
Mugby Junction Charles Dickens 1841
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It’s the same with the porters, the same with the guards, the same with the ticket clerks, the same the whole way up to the secretary, traffic-manager, or very chairman.
Mugby Junction 2007
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It’s the same with the porters, the same with the guards, the same with the ticket clerks, the same the whole way up to the secretary, traffic-manager, or very chairman.
Mugby Junction 2007
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