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The ditch-diggers are wholly at the mercy of the surplus labor army, the machinists only partly.
THE TRAMP 2010
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If a thousand ditch-diggers strike, it is easy to replace them, wherefore the ditch-diggers have little or no organized strength.
THE TRAMP 2010
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There are fewer glass - blowers proportionate to the needs of the glass-blowing industry than there are ditch-diggers proportionate to the needs of the ditch-digging industry.
THE TRAMP 2010
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And, last of all, are the unskilled laborers, the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the ditch-diggers, the men of pick and shovel, the helpers, lumpers, roustabouts.
THE TRAMP 2010
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But the main effect can be to raise the wages of ditch-diggers with limited effects outside that sector.
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The profession moved toward obsolescence-it would soon be as unnecessary as ditch-diggers, bootleggers, or Indian scouts.
The Unpublished Writer and His Love Interest (The Painter) David Russo 2010
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Marty asked if I would abandon writing if I discovered ditch-diggers lived longer.
Archive 2009-07-01 Steven Barnes 2009
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Marty asked if I would abandon writing if I discovered ditch-diggers lived longer.
Obesity and Health Care Steven Barnes 2009
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Baseball does not determine the individual destiny of fans, be they ditch-diggers or candidates for high office.
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Ask ditch-diggers about whether or not the modern world promises to keep people employed doing the things they used to do.
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