Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A subforeman in a logging-camp.
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Examples
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It was a well-rutted trail, and the schooners rolled now and then, which caused some flutter and squeak among the girls, but I noticed that the guards who might have taken the opportunity to render gallant assistance-barely glanced in their direction; perhaps Grattan was as strong a straw-boss as he made out, after all.
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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I loaded sixteen ton of number nine coal, the straw-boss said, "God-dog your soul"
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Morton and honest McGarver, the straw-boss, sprang to drag off
Our Mr. Wrenn 2004
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It was a well-rutted trail, and the schooners rolled now and then, which caused some flutter and squeak among the girls, but I noticed that the guards who might have taken the opportunity to render gallant assistance-barely glanced in their direction; perhaps Grattan was as strong a straw-boss as he made out, after all.
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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It was a well-rutted trail, and the schooners rolled now and then, which caused some flutter and squeak among the girls, but I noticed that the guards who might have taken the opportunity to render gallant assistance-barely glanced in their direction; perhaps Grattan was as strong a straw-boss as he made out, after all.
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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Jerry's the boss of this gang, and as Patrol Leader I propose to be straw-boss.
Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Gordon Stuart
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One time the grown men and women was choppin 'two rows to our one, and a straw-boss slave twit us and call us lazy.
Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Work Projects Administration
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The ranch community consisted usually of the boss, the straw-boss, the cowboys proper, the horse wrangler, and the cook -- often a negro.
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McGarver, the straw-boss, would always lie awake to enjoy a good brisk indecent story, but he liked Wrennie's admiration of him, so, lunging with his bull-like head out of his berth, he snorted:
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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Morton and honest McGarver, the straw-boss, sprang to drag off
Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Sinclair Lewis 1918
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