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  • Birdall, I remember, who had great draying interests, had turned loose three hundred dray horses.

    THE DREAM OF DEBS 2010

  • Then follows the draying of the wool to port, and the bullocks come in for their full share of work.

    A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

  • “IVe been draying myself a kop making my head spin for no good reason.”

    Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996

  • Charges for all services, such as packing, crating, draying, sorting, transportation, and unpacking, in connection with one shipment of household goods may be included in one claim for reimbursement.

    EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 1949

  • - When required by the Service concerned in connection with commercial van shipments exceeding a distance of 1200 miles, two bids for packing, crating, and draying at point of origin and draying and unpacking at destination, even though such services were not used.

    EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 1949

  • CHART: Voucher for Per Diem and/or Reimbursement of Expenses Incident to Official Travel (P. 261) (1) In connection with shipments by rail or motor freight (ordinary freight, approved freight forwarders, or express), including packing, crating, storing, draying, and unpacking:

    EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 1949

  • When such facilities are not available, his household goods my be packed, drayed, and placed in commercial storage, in which case all costs other than those of packing and draying will be at owner's expense.

    EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 1949

  • - The cost of draying or hauling unauthorized articles or any weight in excess of prescribed weight allowances will be borne by the owner.

    EXECUTIVE ORDER 10053 1949

  • I did some draying too and a lot of concreting too.

    Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Work Projects Administration

  • Hen Cody, who had done all of Molly Brandeis's draying, sat, in unaccustomed black, next to Mayor A.J. Dawes.

    Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926

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