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[US] Labor Jrnl (Everett, WA) 24 Nov. 5/4: A cigar manufacturer took on coolie labor.
at coolie, adj.
[US] Labor Jrnl (Everett, WA) 24 Nov. 5/4: A cigar manufacturer took on coolie labor [...] the perplexity arose as to how the purchaser could discriminate between a union-manufacturer [...] and the ‘rat-shop’, coolie-made filthy product.
at rat shop (n.) under rat, n.1
[US] Labor Jrnl (Everett, WA) 2 Mar. 1/5: The workers who were made to appear before this modern inquisition were [...] bullied into signing a statement [and] every effort was made to instil into their hapless prey the ‘bull horrors’.
at bull horrors, n.1
[US] Labor Jrnl (Everett, WA) 28 Oct. 1/1: To build up the ‘pie card’ fund ‘Paddy’ arranged with a carnival company to stage a show.
at pie-card (n.) under pie, n.
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