Usually means: Railroad workers managing track switches.
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  1. switchmen: Merriam-Webster
  2. switchmen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. switchmen: Collins English Dictionary
  4. switchmen: Vocabulary.com
  5. switchmen: Wordnik
  6. switchmen: Wiktionary
  7. switchmen: Dictionary.com
  8. Switchmen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Switchmen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. switchmen: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (switchman)

noun:  (rail transport) A person who operates railway switches that route trains onto rail tracks.
noun:  (rail transport) A person whose job is to help in the switching of railcars in a railway yard.
▸ Also see switchman


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