sidewalk superintendent
noun1
Business, Construction, Manufacturing Canada, US A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
- Even the most occasional sidewalk superintendent knows that in the construction of a tall building the first floor is put in before the second, the second before the third, and so on.1962 January 14, “Builder to Start on the Top Floor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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