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Platelayer

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Noun
  1. 1
    A railway employee who inspects and maintains the permanent way of a railway installation.

    "Instead, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) investigation concluded that the gang were reliant upon hearing the approach of trains - "a common practice among platelayers", Assistant Inspecting Officer JPS Main concluded."

  2. 2
    a workman who lays and repairs railroad tracks wordnet

Etymology

From plate + layer.

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