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
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
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
Slowly the road agent parted the curtains and came forward in an attitude of dejection.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
Where very severely hunted, like the road agent, they "take to the brush," that is, hide in the chaparral.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
