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Examples
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I think that it's slowed down, it's slowed down for sure in the telecom sector and, what I call, the box-maker business, but we're going to be OK.
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"Count Zero," with Katatonenkunst, the automatic box-maker and the girl's observation that the real art was the building of the machine itself, rather than its output.
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"Stand 'em off," pursued the box-maker, scratching his ribs and nodding his huge head vigorously.
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He is tiresomely interested in his prowess as a box-maker, or a boxster, or whatever it is in athletic parlance.
A Fool and His Money George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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"Stand 'em off," pursued the box-maker, scratching his ribs and nodding his huge head vigorously.
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise David Graham Phillips 1889
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Peisa the box-maker brought from the market this time neither cakes, nor buns nor sweets.
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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Peisa the box-maker stands at his work all day long.
Jewish Children 1859-1916 Sholem Aleichem 1887
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One John Hetherington, a box-maker, had been a kind of Familist, but had recanted.
The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864
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One John Hetherington, a box-maker, had been a kind of Familist, but had recanted.
The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859
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Yet cable TV box-maker Tivo argues that it also presents an opportunity.
BBC News - Home 2012
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