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- noun Plural form of
Pinkerton .
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Examples
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The days when union activists regularly mixed it up with company goon squads, when Pinkertons armed with clubs whaled away on picket lines, cracking heads and causing havoc, when industrial riots, mass arrests and blood on the streets made the front pages of the newspapers.
David Macaray: Do We Need a Heavy Dose of Street Theater? David Macaray 2011
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The days when union activists regularly mixed it up with company goon squads, when Pinkertons armed with clubs whaled away on picket lines, cracking heads and causing havoc, when industrial riots, mass arrests and blood on the streets made the front pages of the newspapers.
David Macaray: Do We Need a Heavy Dose of Street Theater? David Macaray 2011
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I met men who invoked the name of the Prince of Peace in their diatribes against war, and who put rifles in the hands of Pinkertons with which to shoot down strikers in their own factories.
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She saw Pinkertons, special police, and strikers go down.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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The roar came closer, and Saxon, leaning out, saw a dozen scabs, conveyed by as many special police and Pinkertons, coming down the sidewalk on her side of tho street.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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The aid of the Pinkertons and of countless private detective agencies was called in, and in addition to this thousands were upon our payroll.
The Minions of Midas 2010
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Not even the legendary Pinkertons could find them.
DC Comics for May 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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From June 1916 to November 1930, its 174 monthly issues provided many great stories of private eyes, Pinkertons, and cops than most others on the racks at the time.
The Codex Continual » Bulwark Publishing: The THRILLS⢠Pulps 2009
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It would be more the norm for him to ask where are the Pinkertons or the mine police to put these workers in their place.
Think Progress » Uninformed Limbaugh Wonders ‘Where Was The Union’ At Non-Union Mine Disaster 2010
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Up Pine street, from the railroad yards, was coming a rush of railroad police and Pinkertons, firing as they ran.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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