road agent

Example Sentences

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Paul Manson, the road agent in Wentworth, said he had already been plowing for about six hours Saturday when he encountered Greeson standing in the middle of the road around 8 a.m.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2023

If, by any chance, the road agent made a mistake and stopped a party of native Californians or Mexicans, they were at once permitted to proceed on their way with the bandit-leader's profuse apologies.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

Rance received this information in silence and went on with his shuffling of the cards; presently, unconcernedly, he remarked: "Ramerrez—Oh, that's the polite road agent who has been visiting the other camps?"

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

It seemed hours until the road agent reached the bottom of the ladder, then lurched with unseeing eyes to a chair and, finally, fell forward limply, with his arms and head resting on the table.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

They had been held up by a single road agent.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward