Wort des Tages
10 August 2026
bakehead
A fireman (person who keeps the fire going underneath a steam boiler on a railroad locomotive).
Warum dieses Wort
A fireman on a steam locomotive. Footplate slang, affectionate and completely accurate about the working conditions.
In use
Forty years on the railroad and he started out as a bakehead, shovelling coal on the night freight.
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