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Minstrels of the mine patch; songs and stories of the anthracite industry choose

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[US] G.G. Korson Minstrels of the Mine Patch 311: Blackleg: An opprobrious name for a strikebreaker.
at blackleg, n.2
[US] in G.G. Korson ‘Down, Down, Down’ Minstrels of the Mine Patch 51: ‘All aboard for the bottom!’ the top-man did yell, / We stepped on the cage, he ding-donged a bell. [Ibid.] 312: Cage: An apparatus in the shaft on which men and coal are hoisted.
at cage, n.
[US] G.G. Korson Minstrels of the Mine Patch 315: Jigger Boss: A company official who dispersed whiskey rations at Maunch Chunk in the 1820’s.
at jigger, n.3
[US] G.G. Korson Minstrels of the Mine Patch 317: Roundhead: Nickname for Slavic immigrants.
at roundhead, n.
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