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signal lads

signal lads is the plural of signal lad.

Meaning of signal lad

Noun

signal lad (plural signal lads)

  1. (UK) A young man employed in a signalbox to record the times of trains as they pass through the area served by the signalbox.
    • Signal lads are employed at the panel-operated boxes to record train times. A small replica of the track diagram with simplified track circuit indications and the general circuit telephone concentrators are incorporated in their desk, as here at Tonbridge.1962 August, G. M. Kichenside, “Resignalling for the Kent Coast electrification—Phase II”, in Modern Railways, page 113, photo caption
    Synonyms:
    booking lad

Questions about signal lads

What is signal lads the plural of?
Signal lads is the plural of signal lad.

Words near signal lads in the dictionary

  1. signal gantry
  2. Signal Hill
  3. signal indication
  4. signal indications
  5. signal lad
  6. signal lads
  7. signal passed at danger
  8. signal phrase
  9. signal phrases
  10. signal pistol
  11. signal pistols

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