Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gandy dancer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: gandy -dancer
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Gandy dancer—A section hand or track laborer."
"The oddest gandy-dancer on the railroads in Manitoba during the summer of 1926 was a 6-ft. 4-in. American medical student named Ben Spock."
"In railroad slang, a gandy dancer is a track worker, one who lays or maintains track."

Etymology

Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

gandy dancers (plural) gandy-dancer (alternative)

Phrases

gandy dance gandy dancing

Frequently Paired Words

gandy dance gandy dancing

Questions

What does gandy dancer mean?: A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
Where does gandy dancer come from?: Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.

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