Meaning of gandy dancer | Babel Free
Definitions
A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
US, idiomatic
Examples
“Gandy dancer—A section hand or track laborer.”
“The oddest gandy-dancer on the railroads in Manitoba during the summer of 1926 was a 6-ft. 4-in. American medical student named Ben Spock.”
“In railroad slang, a gandy dancer is a track worker, one who lays or maintains track.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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