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Pullman porter   /pˈʊlmən pˈɔrtər/   Listen
Pullman porter

noun
1.
A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).  Synonym: porter.






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... and back again to Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, in the hour of death—fifty years ago this blossoming spring of 1915—had given birth to the Pullman idea. The other day, while one of the brisk Federal commissions down at Washington was extending consideration to the Pullman porter and his wage, it called to the witness stand the executive head of the Pullman Company. And the man who answered the call was Robert T. Lincoln, the son ...
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