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
"This—-er—-Bad Pete isn't an—-er—-that is, a road agent, is he?" he asked apprehensively.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
You ain’t no road agent, you’re only a fool amature with more gall than brains!
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
"I didn't," denied the road agent, quietly, his countenance reflecting how deeply hurt he was by her words.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
“Going to have a real, bad road agent in your play, Ruthie?”
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Emerson, Alice B.
