drayman
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The board's dilemma was similar to that of a drayman, he explained, who was ordered to go from "Point A" to "Point B," and in doing so, to cross a bridge over a deep chasm.
From Time Magazine Archive
To pay his way, he worked not only as a drayman but as a teacher of philosophy, a lecturer, for one summer as a Methodist minister.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despatches ask us to believe: A Dortmund drayman lost an action in a law court.
From Time Magazine Archive
Would it be right, asked he, to require the drayman to make the trip?
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes they let him ride with the drayman.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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