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The Supercargo was a skinny fellow, with wispy dark hair that floated around his shoulders, sad eyes and a taste for extravagant dress.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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The modern family road trip had its roots in the auto camping of the 1920s, when one young couple from New York City piled their belongings and their six-year-old (dubbed "Supercargo") into their Ford and camped their way to San Francisco through twelve states in over thirty-seven days.
'Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American FamilyVacations' 2008
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When they were forced by passing cars into a ditch near DeKalb, Illinois, the Supercargo "scrambled over the door and started, a small irate figure in yellow oilskins, to walk in the general direction of New York."
'Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American FamilyVacations' 2008
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In the end, the company of their violated possessions got them down, so they decided to go and see Eddie the Supercargo.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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It crossed his mind to wonder what Grace was actually doing to make Supercargo feel so nice.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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There had to be a lifepod for the Supercargo, keyed to his identity … but forget it.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Suddenly the Supercargo went quiet, attending to a summons imperceptible to his visitors.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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Terran currency did not bother him: a hundred dollars to the credit -- which he thought of as five loaves of bread, a trick the Supercargo taught him -- a thousand credits to the supercredit, a thousand supercredits to the megabuck.
Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957
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The Supercargo blinked at the gauds and sent word to the Captain.
Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957
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The Supercargo saw them there and got an idea; they joined the offerings outside the ship.
Citizen Of The Galaxy Heinlein, Robert A. 1957
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