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  • And be it known, here and now, that the profesh are the aristocracy of The Road.

    Road-Kids and Gay-Cats 1907

  • And be it known, here and now, that the profesh are the aristocracy of The Road.

    Road-Kids and Gay-Cats 1907

  • He was a true "profesh," a "blowed-in-the-glass" stiff, and as such received all kinds of latitude from the hall-men in authority.

    The Pen 1907

  • 'profesh' if she's agoin 'to stick to it, "said his informant, Mr.. McClosky," and she's nothing if she ain't business and profesh, Mr. Brant.

    Susy, a story of the Plains Bret Harte 1869

  • He joined forces with Chicago bandleader Walter Barnes, who pioneered the early circuit while promoting himself in a column for the Defender's national edition, a tour diary that gave readers his whereabouts ("Jacksonville is a very fly town") and choice spots on the stroll ("The Grog Cafe is the dining place of the profesh") and shout-outs ("Thanks for the little sip, Eddie").

    On the Midnight Special Eddie Dean 2011

  • Isn't this a monumental rake-off for a non-profesh?

    The Statesmen Snowbound Robert Fitzgerald

  • It sounds big -- some style about it, and, take it from me, boys, style is everything in our profesh just now.

    A Pirate of Parts Richard Neville

  • I told him that I was a profesh, and he told me that you were another, and had a plan to do some fine work without asking permission of the owners.

    Jim Cummings Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton

  • Our young hero _is_ making pretty hefty strides in his chosen profesh, what?

    Jill the Reckless 1928

  • "Talkin '-- o' -- shootin '," said Soapy, grimly deliberate, "peanuts ain't a healthy profesh around here -- not fer your kind, it ain't!"

    The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915

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