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
But where'd you come from: and what for do you turn road agent and hold up your old friends?'
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
Don't you take a step further or I'll—" She made a significant gesture towards her bosom, and then, laughing harshly, went on denouncingly: "A road agent!
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
"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)
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
