Example Sentences

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He went to American Bank Note 46 years ago at $7 a week as a plate toter.

From Time Magazine Archive

While Seltzer's wife and children looked on in open-mouthed horror, he talked the gun toter out of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strangers might think he was a grouch toter.

From Torchy, Private Sec. by Lincoln, F. Foster

When de war fus' start I was water toter for my marster.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

My papa was a water toter in durin' the War.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration