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If you were just garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2002
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I had had enough of those high-toned dogs who look at you as if you were something the garbage-man had forgotten to take away.
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_ Dear Will -- probably the garbage-man is wondering why you are always inspired when he calls.
The Pot Boiler Upton Sinclair 1923
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_ Why does the garbage-man always call when I'm inspired?
The Pot Boiler Upton Sinclair 1923
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And the grave of the tin, once it is emptied, is not the ash-can, but the dust-bin, and the man who carries it away is not the garbage-man or the ash-man or the white-wings, but the dustman.
Chapter 4. American and English Today. 2. Differences in Usage Henry Louis 1921
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If you were just garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.
BagOfNothing.com 2009
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I’d also love to see Iverson play with Shawn Marion-great defender, the ultimate garbage-man, a decent shooter and can run his ass off.
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Why, my garbage-man wears a better-looking suit than that! "
The Innocents A Story for Lovers Sinclair Lewis 1918
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