(US) A railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
(US) A railway employee who was in charge of the baggage car, storing and retrieving passenger's baggage and sometimes handling mail.
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(US, historical) A person in charge of the baggage at a railway station.
(especially, US, rail) A railway vehicle in passenger trains used to carry passengers' heavy luggage; a luggage van.
(slang, archaic) A railway porter or conductor.
(Britain, dated) A staff assistant to a senior police officer (such as a Detective Sergeant for a Detective Inspector).
An archaic American slang term for a railway porter or baggage handler, coined in the 19th century when rough handling of passengers' luggage was a common complaint about railroad travel. The name captures the exasperation of travelers who watched their bags thrown about carelessly. Now obsolete as a practical term but occasionally encountered in period writing, historical fiction, or railway history.