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
"This—-er—-Bad Pete isn't an—-er—-that is, a road agent, is he?" he asked apprehensively.
From The Young Engineers in Colorado Or, At Railwood Building in Earnest by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
They had been held up by a single road agent.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
“Going to have a real, bad road agent in your play, Ruthie?”
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Emerson, Alice B.
"Speak quickly—go on," came likewise in whispered tones from the road agent.
From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David
