| 单词 | straw boss |
| 例句 | “Break up that prayer meeting!” the white straw boss yelled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The straw boss had no faith in her, having watched her sweating hard to fill her sack as quickly as the children, but she was highly and suddenly vocal in her determination. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Federal lawmakers such as Chaffetz clearly consider themselves straw bosses and chieftains — masters of all they survey from their vantage point on Capitol Hill. No more disrespecting the District 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The one name you will not find in that essay is Lance Armstrong, who was the straw boss of the team during Vaughters’s short time around the Tour. Sports of The Times: Armstrong, Best of His Time, Now With an Asterisk – George Vecsey 2012-08-24T17:45:38Z He had not gone himself, but took a straw boss's job in the pipe mill. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z And it is not less common to see a straw boss in a factory favor the man whom he thinks might grease the wheels for him on the outside. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 "Fall in," said the straw boss, and Bradford got busy. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories I rode over there this afternoon an' Lawler's straw boss put me to work. The Trail Horde When you've been in the contracting business as long as I have, Miss Parker," he continued sagely, "you'll learn never to leave important details to a straw boss. The Pride of Palomar Then from there I went to the shop here in North Little Rock—the Missouri Pacific Shops—as a straw boss of the storeroom gang. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 You go ahead with your end of it, Luck, and I'll be straw boss here in camp and get the outfit packed and ready to ship outa here on an hour's notice. The Phantom Herd I got to be straw boss at dat. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 But you know as well as me that I'm only a straw boss now. Alcatraz The straw boss is responsible for the workmen under him. My Life and Work Director -- N. director, manager, governor, rector, comptroller. superintendent, supervisor, straw boss; intendant; overseer, overlooker†; supercargo†, husband, inspector, visitor, ranger, surveyor, aedile†; moderator, monitor, taskmaster; master &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Then he summoned the legions of hell to his side Named an arch imp to straw boss each crew. Rhymes of a Roughneck Omaha was supposed to be straw boss; but he was too easy-goin' an' generally let the men do about as they pleased. Happy Hawkins The patients are of more concern than the personal comfort of any straw boss or administrator. The Lani People Only about twenty-five per cent. are even willing to be straw bosses, and most of them take that position because it carries with it more pay than working on a machine. My Life and Work The foreigners, generally speaking, are content to stay as straw bosses. My Life and Work During the latter part of January we called in a skeleton organization of about ten thousand men, mostly foremen, sub-foremen, and straw bosses, and we started Highland Park into production. My Life and Work |
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