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
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
And hence not a tale of the outlaw's doings was complete without the narrator insisting upon it that the leader of the band—the road agent himself—closely resembled an American.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
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
There was nothing in his speech or manner to suggest that he had ever been a road agent.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith
