footplate man

A form of footplateman — A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman.

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Meanings

nounfootplate man (plural footplate men)

plural footplate men

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of footplateman.

    Kit had fallen into conversation with a footplate man who was deadheading back out to Samarkand, where he lived with his wife and children.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 845
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    The circular attacks the policy of ASLEF, the principal footplatemen's union, for its opposition to pay differentials between main-line drivers and other footplate men, claiming that it destroys ambition and enterprise.

    1964 May, “News and Comment: Breakaway footplate union”, in Modern Railways, page 293
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APA

footplate man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footplate%20man

MLA

“footplate man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footplate%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “footplate man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/footplate%20man.

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