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sidewalk superintendents

sidewalk superintendents is the plural of sidewalk superintendent.

Meaning of sidewalk superintendent

Noun

sidewalk superintendent (plural sidewalk superintendents)

  1. (Canada, US) A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
    • Even the most occasional sidewalk superintendent knows that in the construction of a tall building the first floor is put in before the second, the second before the third, and so on.1962 January 14, “Builder to Start on the Top Floor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about sidewalk superintendents

What is sidewalk superintendents the plural of?
Sidewalk superintendents is the plural of sidewalk superintendent.

Words near sidewalk superintendents in the dictionary

  1. sidewalk libraries
  2. sidewalk library
  3. sidewalk shed
  4. sidewalk sheds
  5. sidewalk superintendent
  6. sidewalk superintendents
  7. sidewalks
  8. sidewall
  9. sidewalls
  10. sideward
  11. sidewardly

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