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Meaning of booking lad | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

British, dated

Examples

“This will provide⟳ a permanent automatic record⟳ of all train⟳ movements in the area of each box and eliminate the manual recording at present⟳ done by booking lads.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

booking office Bookings Bookish Bookishly Bookishness bookism

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