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
He had been cowboy, cattle rustler and road agent in different parts of the country west of the Missouri.
From The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine by Roosevelt, Wyn
To this heterogeneous mass was added the gambler, the bandit, the road agent, the dive keeper, and other undesirable citizens.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
If, by any chance, the road agent made a mistake and stopped a party of native Californians or Mexicans, they were at once permitted to proceed on their way with the bandit-leader's profuse apologies.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
They had been held up by a single road agent.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
