garageman
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When Malcolm Cowley attributes the phrase "a lost generation" to Gertrude Stein's disgruntled auto mechanic, he is asked, "Is it possible the garageman was referring to 'a lost generator'?"
From Time Magazine Archive
How elusive damage can be is shown by the case of a garageman, cited by Neurosurgeon Arthur Winter of East Orange, N.J.
From Time Magazine Archive
Successor to his $150-a-night job: Joseph Francel, 42, American Legionnaire, garageman and electrician, who has already officiated once, when Robert Elliott was confined to his bed last summer.
From Time Magazine Archive
He telephoned a garage, ordered repairs, arranged that the garageman was to leave another automobile for his use.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of course, if the driver was acting outside the scope of his authority, and was using the car for personal purposes, neither the garageman nor the owner would be responsible for whatever happened.
From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney
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