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Pullman Porter

Definition: Pullman Porter

Pullman Porter

Noun

1. A railroad employee who assists passengers (especially on sleeping cars).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Pullman Porter

DomainDefinition

19th Century Satire

A legalized train-robber. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Pullman Porter

Synonyms: porter (n), redcap (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Pullman Porter

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Books

  • A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Pullman Porter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-l-m-n-o-p-p-r-r-t-u"

-3 letters: propellant.

-4 letters: numerator, patroller, patrolmen, pulmonate.

-5 letters: appellor, emulator, martello, outlearn, polluter, populate, preallot, premolar, premoral, preplant, prompter, prunella, prunello, routeman, temporal, trampler.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-l-m-n-o-p-p-r-r-t-u"
 

+4 letters: lumpenproletariat.

 

+5 letters: lumpenproletariats.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Pullman Porter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 75 6C 6C 6D 61 6E      50 6F 72 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01110101 01101100 01101100 01101101 01100001 01101110 00100000 01010000 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#117 &#108 &#108 &#109 &#97 &#110 &#32 &#80 &#111 &#114 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0075 006C 006C 006D 0061 006E      0050 006F 0072 0074 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508778787967802508184867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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