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Railroad flat is American slang for a flat whose floor plan requires one to walk through one room to get to the other.
Run urgently, (usu) away (ed: sounds like Telly Tubby stuff!). Usually, this cry was heard in the midst of dubious activity, (often from a lookout) in the event of being caught. The term, I'm told, derived from the rather curious epidemic of Urban Aggressive Street Manoeuvring, which began around 1994-5? The idea was that, if lacking a skateboard, punters could use their feet to negotiate tricky obstacles (ramps, poles, benches, etc) in a stylish way. When attempting railslides in this way, it was common knowledge that rubbing a little pig fat on the appropriate rail would make the trick much faster, and more impressive overall. So, for a speedy getaway.... lard the rails!
: A guy who’s notorious for blowing sections. Example: “Look at that sweet air section that guy’s got.What? He blew the section! Oh, it’s Doug Rail.
Railings is British slang for the teeth.
: A guy who’s notorious for blowing sections. Example: “Look at that sweet air section that guy’s got.What? He blew the section! Oh, it’s Doug Rail.
Any railroad employee
Railroad is American slang for to force something to happen through wit or intimidation. The British equivalent is bulldoze.
To travel by rail-road.
Railway thinking is American slang for the belief that the events of history (on both a grand and on a personal scale) repeat themselves.
Anyone who makes a hobby of railroading
A deck of cards. This stemmed from the large number of card sharks working aboard the railroads.
marijuana
Railroad bull is American slang for a railway policeman.
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v. t.
To loose, as dogs, from their couples; also, to set loose; to disconnect; to disjoin; as, to uncouple railroad cars.
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A barrier made of a rail or of rails.
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A person or living creature destroyed by, or suffering grievous injury from, another, from fortune or from accident; as, the victim of a defaulter; the victim of a railroad accident.
v. t.
To rail at.
n.
Rails in general; also, material for making rails.
v. t.
To move or influence by railing.
n.
The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver.
v. t.
To inclose with rails or a railing.
imp. & p. p.
of Rail
n.
A freight car on a railway.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Rail
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One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language.
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A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
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A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
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A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure.
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Alt. of Railway
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A short side track on a railroad, which may be occupied by one train while another is passing on a main track; a shunt; a siding; a switch.
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A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.
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The construction of a railroad; the business of managing or operating a railroad.
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