Gandy Dancer Definition

găndē
noun
A worker in a railroad section gang.
Webster's New World
An itinerant laborer.
American Heritage

(chiefly US, idiomatic) A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.

Wiktionary
Alternative spelling of gandy dancer.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Gandy Dancer

Noun

Singular:
gandy dancer
Plural:
gandy-dancers

Origin of Gandy Dancer

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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