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It was a most powerful affair, companion to that in the office of which Whitney was so proud, built of layer on layer of chrome steel, with a door that was air tight and soup-proof, bidding defiance to all yeggmen and petermen.
Gold of the Gods 1908
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“Fortune” Theatres; of the ferries across the river, and of the pirates who infest the same — namely, tinklermen, petermen, hebbermen, trawlermen; of the fleet of barges that lay at the Savoy steps; and of the long lines of slim wherries sleeping on the river banks and basking and shining in the moonbeams.
Catherine: a story 1839
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One thing is certain though: however much thieves -- kiters ` bad check passers, 'petermen ` safecrackers,' and ringers
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