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Meanings of road mender in English

A workman who is employed to repair roads.

Usage of road mender in English
1
Bridie convinces herself that she loves Dano Ryan, an affable road mender.
The Guardian
2
One of the Salvation Army truck drivers asked a negro road mender what he thought of his job.
The War Romance of the Salvation Army
3
Ironically, he'd been a road mender in Co Meath too, and used to read his poetry to his fellow-gangers during the tea break.
The Irish Times
4
And I suppose you'll want me to call off the road menders?
Archer’s Goon
5
He had agreed to call off the road menders.
Archer’s Goon
6
I've always wondered where road menders trained.
Archer’s Goon
7
These road menders always were at work.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
8
Valentin looked across at the body that sat between them, prey to every whim of the cab's suspension and road menders' craft.
Complete Books of Blood
9
And we could tell instantly when we were inside the thirty kilo limit of the firing line, by looking at the road menders.
The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me