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Word: sandwichmen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...Yard and the gigantic adventure of freight-smoke and bells-the places the dusty freight-cars have been, the things they have seen! The life of a trackwalker on the subway, dodging 200 cannonball flyers a day for tiny wages-the sleights of a push cart man -the sandwichmen, those biting commentators upon our modern scheme of existence-the revivalists-the lovers of Little Italy-the bums-the men in the dark-the men in the storm-the men in the snow. Do you know of the white-draped cradle within the door of one of New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Color of a City* | 12/24/1923 | See Source »

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