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Word: roadman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...call in their cows ("Coof, coof, nare, nare, nare"). They interviewed all the most prominent people in town-from Lieut. Colonel O.N.D. Sismey, the village squire, to Mr. P. Stocker, the butcher ("His scales are very accurate, as they should be"). Reported one scholar of Mr. J. Dudley, the roadman: "If Mr. Dudley is not sweeping leaves, he is sometimes cleaning drains. When I asked him if he liked cleaning drains, he answered 'Not much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: How to Write History | 10/29/1951 | See Source »

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