The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LINEMAN
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More clues leading to the result LINEMAN
- Handle not a thing this rail worker could turn
- Menial exercises followed by new railway worker
- American football player gets large home and title on retiring
- Lover hugging popular American footballer
- Football player mother clad in cloth made from flax
- Reversing call, scratch football player
- Football player Mom dressed in sheets
- Football player mom dressed in sheets
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What does LINEMAN mean?
LINEMAN noun- A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman
- A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage