railroadish
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]railroadish (comparative more railroadish, superlative most railroadish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a railroad.
- 1924, Hubbard Hutchinson, Far Harbors Around the World, page 234:
- […] from the moment I cleared the station shed, and raised my eyes from the railroadish bustle all around to the soaring triumph of the Ch'ien Men, or Principal Gate, […]
- 2017, Malcolm Jameson, Vengeance in Her Bones and Other Sci-Fi Adventures:
- His uniform is more nautical than railroadish