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booking lads

booking lads is the plural of booking lad.

Meaning of booking lad

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

Questions about booking lads

What is booking lads the plural of?
Booking lads is the plural of booking lad.

Words near booking lads in the dictionary

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

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