Definition
A railway laborer, especially a member of a crew which carries rails and affixes them to ties.
Origins
Uncertain; see Wikipedia for various speculative etymologies.
In Context
- "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."
See Also
- gandy dance
- gandy dancing