1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 336: Carrying the Banner – [...] wearing ostentatious Brotherhood emblems, frequently done by ’bos in working the main stem for a handout.at carry the banner (v.) under banner, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 332: Battleship – [...] a formidable female, such as the landlady or a henpecked man’s wife.at battleship, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 332: Beanery – Railroad eating house. Beanery queen is a waitress.at beanery, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 326: ‘Say,’ cried the biscuit shooter.at biscuit shooter (n.) under biscuit, n.1
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 333: Black Diamonds – Company coal.at black diamonds (n.) under black, adj.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 282: The blanket stiff and his dog were put off a train near Dallas.at blanket stiff (n.) under blanket, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 334: Brains or The Brains – Conductor; sometimes called brainless wonder, a term also applied to any train or engineman or official who does things his fellows consider queer.at brainless wonder (n.) under brain, n.1
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 334: Brass Buttons – Passenger conductor on railroad or streetcar line.at brass buttons (n.) under brass, adj.1
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 337: Casy Jones – Any locomotive engineer, especially a fast one.at Casey Jones, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 282: Presently a flashlight approached and the voice of a cinder dick called out, ‘Hey, you damn hobo’.at cinder dick (n.) under cinder, n.1
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 338: Collar and Elbow Joint – Boardinghouse. (There isn’t too much room at the dinner table).at collar and elbow (adj.) under collar, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 339: Crumb Boss – Man in charge of camp cars.at crum boss (n.) under crum, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 2: The crummy silently does stand. / The hotshot’s clamor fills the air.at crummy, n.3
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 343: Floater – Same as boomer; i.e., Drifter who went from one railroad job to another, staying but a short time.at floater, n.1
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 10: Casey Jones [...] understood his ‘old girl’ [i.e. locomotive] as a cowboy knows is horse.at old gal, n.
1945 F.H. Hubbard Railroad Avenue 345: Graveyard Watch – [...] any midnight shift.at graveyard shift, n.