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fogmen

fogmen is the plural of fogman.

Meaning of fogman

Noun

fogman (plural fogmen)

  1. (historical) A railwayman who placed fog signals (detonators) on the track at distant signals during thick fogs (and falling snow) to warn train drivers.
    • As against this, really bad fogs have been experienced and on one occasion the 7.35 p.m. from Victoria crawled into Herne Bay 95 min. late, having halted at every stop signal between Gillingham and Whitstable. The explanation? Not a single fogman had turned out for duty between Gillingham and...1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 216

Questions about fogmen

What is fogmen the plural of?
Fogmen is the plural of fogman.

Words near fogmen in the dictionary

  1. fogline
  2. foglines
  3. Foglio
  4. Foglios
  5. fogman
  6. fogmen
  7. fogo
  8. Fogo Island
  9. fogos
  10. fogou
  11. fogous

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