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walking boss 
a foreman or superintendent of a series of construction camps, logging operations, etc.
- 1881 Mr. D. J. McDonald, the walking boss on this division, is pushing the work ahead rapidly for the number of men he has.
- 1919 When we arrived Kelly's walking boss . . . told us Whalen did not have any work there for us.
- 1947 (1963) Paddy Farrell of Pembroke, who for many years was a "walking boss" for camps operated by the Gillies Company, recalls the first time he ever "went to shanty."
- 1961 During summer travel was on foot. The contractors' representatives were one "lone clerk" at each cache and a "walking boss" in charge of say fifty miles of work.
- 1881 Mr. D. J. McDonald, the walking boss on this division, is pushing the work ahead rapidly for the number of men he has.