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During the past two decades underslung James Jemail, 47, tipping his hat and toting his 2� by 3� Speed Graphic, has accosted, questioned and photographed at least 150,000 people.

From Time Magazine Archive

If we are to judge of them by him, this relative who has accosted us and who is himself an initiate in those cruel mysteries, then the other guests cannot be so very demoniacal.

From Swann's Way by Scott-Moncrieff, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

You are curious to know who that young man in the rough great-coat is, who has accosted every Member who has entered the House since we have been standing here. 

From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Dickens, Charles