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booking lad

booking lad noun: a young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

Noun

booking lad (plural booking lads)

  1. (UK, dated) A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.
    • This will provide a permanent automatic record of all train movements in the area of each box and eliminate the manual recording at present done by booking lads.1964 November, “The Electrification of BR: 5 The Southern's Bournemouth scheme”, in Modern Railways, page 320
    Synonyms:
    signal lad

Synonyms of booking lad

Forms of booking lad

pluralbooking lads

Questions about booking lad

What does booking lad mean?
Booking lad means a young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.
What part of speech is booking lad?
Booking lad is a noun.
What is the plural of booking lad?
The plural of booking lad is booking lads.

Words near booking lad in the dictionary

  1. booking hall
  2. booking halls
  3. booking in
  4. booking into
  5. booking it
  6. booking lad
  7. booking lads
  8. booking off
  9. booking office
  10. booking offices
  11. booking on

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