gandy dancer



gandy dancer

old fashioned A worker in a railway gang who lays and maintains railroad tracks. My grandaddy worked as a gandy dancer building the first stretch of railroads across the state.
See also: dancer

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hadil-Arabic
Prateek-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali
Boris['bɔris]
&Aelig;&Eth;Elstan-Anglo-Saxon
Gustavs-Latvian
Roxannerahk-SAN (English), rok-SAHN (French)English, French