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 I’ll tell you right here and now that if you are playing road agent, I wouldn’t be in your fool boots for a cool million.
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
Where very severely hunted, like the road agent, they "take to the brush," that is, hide in the chaparral.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
S'pose you was only a road agent an' I was a saloon keeper.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
There was nothing in his speech or manner to suggest that he had ever been a road agent.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith