busman
Americannoun
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busmen
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Who am I," asked a tough Jalisco-born busman, "to throw off a guitarrista who sings so sweetly of my birthplace?
From Time Magazine Archive
Didst thou, perchance to lower heights declining Lately, as busman, strike for higher pay?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 by Various
At first the busman smiled, And rather liked the fun— He merely smiled, that Hebrew child, And said, "Eccentric one!"
From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
The good old bishop sat On his ancestral chair, The busman came, sent up his name, And laid his grievance bare.
From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
We gave the luggage to the busman, and walked on down.
From A Poor Man's House by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
The busmen would have still resented it because they were taking away their overtime.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2013
To replace him, the board of directors tapped the company's West Coast boss, Frederick W. Ackerman, 63, one of the lifelong busmen who had been passed over in favor of Genet in 1955.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thousands more, from the busmen who drive steelworkers to their jobs to the doctors who treat their illnesses, are indirectly dependent on the now-silent mills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now the nation's 230,000 railwaymen are pressing for a 15% to 25% increase, and London's 26,000 busmen are negotiating for a 25% rise in wages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Policemen, postmen, railway guards, busmen, what good helpful fellows they all are!
From The Stark Munro Letters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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