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Examples
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When the lord of the counting-house bends o'er his book,
Enigma 2010
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I was not made for the desk and counting-house, for petty business squabbling, and legal jangling.
Chapter 30 2010
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Canadian-born, city-bred Scots, in a foolish moment they had resigned their counting-house desks, drawn upon their savings, and gone Klondiking.
AT THE RAINBOW'S END 2010
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Me for the counting-house and ledger, the monthly salary, and the little home with Ruth.
Chapter 26 2010
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He wrung his livelihood from it, and that was all the sea was, the place where he worked, as the mill, the shop, and the counting-house were the places where other men worked.
THE SEA FARMER 2010
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Robert was also managing the affairs of his half-brother, Thomas; he enrolled him in school and, around the time the boy turned sixteen, took him on as a clerk in the counting-house.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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Robert was also managing the affairs of his half-brother, Thomas; he enrolled him in school and, around the time the boy turned sixteen, took him on as a clerk in the counting-house.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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The new standard counting-house book-keeping,: Theoretical and practical, containing a thorough exposition of the principles and practice of double and ... and high schools, and to self instruction by John C Bryant
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He began by praising the counting-house clerk in the most extravagant manner.
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Unreformed, the nation's counting-house could very well zero itself, and the nation, out.
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