flagman
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He was working as a flagman near Zabriskie Point, where road repairs require traffic control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Once the ducks were gathered, the flock flagman led and his helpers with white flags shooed ducks into line at the back and sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2016
After adjusting the cap pistol strapped to his hip, he took a whirling cut that brought to mind a finish-line flagman or a revolving lawn sprinkler.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 25, 2016
The flagman raised his arm, and Cassidy poised his finger over the button of Smith’s bell.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
Now and then an excited tooting of whistles gave warning of a bigger blast as the flagmen checked the flow of traffic, indicating with arms upraised that the ground was "coming up."
From The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Ellingwood Beach
The membership consists of conductors, brakemen, train baggagemen, train flagmen, yard masters, yard foremen and switchmen.
From Beneficiary Features of American Trade Unions by James B. Kennedy
