Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booking lad

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: book-ing lad
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

British usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"This will provide a permanent automatic record of all train movements in the area of each box and eliminate the manual recording at present done by booking lads."

Usage

British usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

booking lads (plural)

Synonyms

signal lad

Questions

What does booking lad mean?: A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.

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