haltkeeper

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noun

A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).

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Meanings

nounhaltkeeper (plural haltkeepers)

plural haltkeepers

  1. A person in charge of a halt (a small railroad station).

    ... tickets were 'issued by the haltkeeper '.

    1978, Alan Arthur Jackson, London's Local Railways, David and Charles, page 143
    1 more example

    Each platform was equipped with basic facilities: a ticket hut and waiting shelter, running-in boards and a row of gas lamps kept by the resident haltkeeper.

    2023 May 21, Wikipedia contributors, “Cheriton Halt railway station”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Origin

From halt + keeper.

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Cite this entry
APA

haltkeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haltkeeper

MLA

“haltkeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haltkeeper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haltkeeper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haltkeeper.

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