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

Rance received this information in silence and went on with his shuffling of the cards; presently, unconcernedly, he remarked: "Ramerrez—Oh, that's the polite road agent who has been visiting the other camps?"

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

That road agent hit her lucky this trip sure.

From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward

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