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- noun Plural form of
cannery .
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Examples
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I was a sailor before the mast, a longshoreman, a roustabout; I worked in canneries, and factories, and laundries; I mowed lawns, and cleaned carpets, and washed windows.
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a roustabout; I worked in canneries, and factories, and laundries; I mowed lawns, and cleaned carpets, and washed windows.
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a longshoreman, a roustabout; I worked in canneries, and factories, and laundries; I mowed lawns, and cleaned carpets, and washed windows.
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a longshoreman, a roustabout; I worked in canneries, and factories, and laundries; I mowed lawns, and cleaned carpets, and washed windows.
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But basically, I just think that when you consider what's in store for Wendy, going off to work in the canneries, which is a pretty rough and tumble scene, she can't be this delicate flower.
Vue Weekly 2009
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The canneries are having a lot of accidents, Aunt Alice says.
The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011
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There were now perhaps a hundred or so Korean families living in Buckle Lane and adjacent Akepo Lane most of them having fled the plantations for the canneries, even as others abandoned the canneries to become tailors, launderers, shoemakers, or grocers.
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They could also build their own bakeries and canneries, options unavailable to the independents.
How a Grocer Bagged Profits Patrick Cooke 2011
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And this law, with only an occasional violation, had been obediently observed by the Greek fishermen who caught salmon for the canneries and the market.
Charley's Coup 2010
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The canneries are having a lot of accidents, Aunt Alice says.
The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011
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