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
Alby-Irish
Ronen-Hebrew
Ansigar-Ancient Germanic
VladimÍRa-Czech, Slovak
Svante-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Crabtree['kræbtri:]