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What is a gripman?

What is a gripman? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A man employed to manipulate the grip of a cable car.
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In a happy coincidence, the coach's gripman happens to be Fritz.
Towards evening, when the tides of travel set northward, it is curious to see how the gripman and conductor reverse their tempers.
From the forward end you hear the gripman uttering shrill whoops and running over citizens.
A cable-car, with clanging bell, was bearing down upon it with a speed which the gripman seemed powerless to check.
The gripman usually jerks his thumb over his shoulder and indicates the next car, which is three miles away.
They heard the kindly tones of the gripman talking to his children.

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