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1 полицейский-регулировщик уличного движения
1) General subject: point constable, point policeman, point-constable, point-policeman, pointsman2) Makarov: pointsman (pl -men)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > полицейский-регулировщик уличного движения
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2 стрелочник
1) General subject: pointsman, shunter, switch-man, switchman2) Geology: switch man3) Colloquial: a fall guy, a scapegoat (Всегда виноват стрелочник. The fall guy always gets the blame.; незначительное лицо, на которое списывается вся вина за что-л. smb. who is blamed for another person's crime or mistake)4) American: switch tender5) Engineering: switchtender, trapper (обслуживающий стрелку перевода на запасный путь)6) Railway term: pointsman (pl -men), signalman, switcher, towerman7) Mining: switch-tender8) Jargon: cinder crusher, yard goose, cherry picker
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Pointsman — Points man, n.; pl. { men} ( men). A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-men — Pointsman Points man, n.; pl. { men} ( men). A man who has charge of railroad points or switches. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pointsman — n. (pl. men) Brit. 1 a person in charge of railway points. 2 a policeman or traffic warden on point duty … Useful english dictionary
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