roadman

Example Sentences

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"I'd see my grandma in a traditional hijab and abaya and my cousin sat next to her in a roadman tracksuit," she says.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

Mary's great-grandfather John Bell was a roadman who was employed to maintain the track through Glen Croe as it snaked its way north to Inverary.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2020

As this roadman, or leader of the service, sprinkles sage on the coals, my eyelids close.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2017

After each of us sips from a bowl of water passed around the tepee, the roadman carefully pours some water on the dirt floor.

From Scientific American • Jul. 8, 2017

As he goes about his allotted task he pats a mound here and there gently with the back of his spade—for roadman and belted earl are at one here.

From The Great Discovery by Maclean, Norman