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  • What is the idea shlepping around without a certainty?

    Tessie and Pearlie JOY HOROWITZ 1996

  • Since there's absolutely nothing quite ladylike about having a big tote onto your own shoulder as well as 'shlepping' it, girls who need to be able to move files as well as laptop computers should use a rolling briefcase.

    Real Estate Webmaster 2010

  • 'shlepping' it, women who need to transport documents and netbooks should utilize a rolling briefcase.

    The Global Perspective 2010

  • I have vivid memories of shlepping garment bags, setting up rolling racks, calling on stores in the middle of nowhere, watching as my dad showed his line, making jokes, entertaining the buyers, hoping to walk away with that magical moment: an order!

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

  • I have vivid memories of shlepping garment bags, setting up rolling racks, calling on stores in the middle of nowhere, watching as my dad showed his line, making jokes, entertaining the buyers, hoping to walk away with that magical moment: an order!

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

  • With a musical score by Calexico a Tucson-based indie band, Circo is much less about fancy costumes and death-defying acrobatics than it is about dealing with the mud, grime, and family tensions of shlepping a small circus around Mexico.

    George Heymont: Clowning Around: The Circus of Life George Heymont 2011

  • And I'm knackered after three days of hefting and shlepping and sorting and shifting.

    Off to the USA! karenmiller 2010

  • I have vivid memories of shlepping garment bags, setting up rolling racks, calling on stores in the middle of nowhere, watching as my dad showed his line, making jokes, entertaining the buyers, hoping to walk away with that magical moment: an order!

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

  • Dashed out by a studio or production assistant who probably dropped out of high school to follow his/her favorite rock band but ended up shlepping coffee to roadies.

    It(‘)s nothing new « Motivated Grammar 2009

  • I have vivid memories of shlepping garment bags, setting up rolling racks, calling on stores in the middle of nowhere, watching as my dad showed his line, making jokes, entertaining the buyers, hoping to walk away with that magical moment: an order!

    Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: Remembering the Triangle Fire 100 Years Later Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011

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