billposter
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At one point he took a job as a billposter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any boards not owned by a billposter, or a barn or a pigpen or a henhouse on the road is called a 'daub.'
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
Phil went to work like a seasoned billposter, plastering every old stable and tight board fence in the village.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
"I may be a poor apology as a billposter, but as a diplomat I'm a winner, Billy."
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
P. S. Yes, Phil says it was a hay barn that the billposter fell off from.
From The Circus Boys on the Plains : or, the Young Advance Agents Ahead of the Show by Darlington, Edgar B. P.
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