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  • The penthouse crowd has to don the workclothes [ug!] and get the five senses adjusted to reality, not to the CD he is watching, by being incognito and facing the hailstones of the street at least once a month.

    IPCC To Investigate Barwell Deaths « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • When I looked out the window towards the enclosure, I could see two old men, dressed in workclothes, digging a grave in the monks' cemetery.

    Archive 2009-03-01 e 2009

  • When I looked out the window towards the enclosure, I could see two old men, dressed in workclothes, digging a grave in the monks' cemetery.

    Unto dust e 2009

  • His dirty workclothes clung to him so gracefully, as though you couldn't buy a better fit from a custom tailor but only earn it from the Natural Tailor of Natural Joy, as Dean had, in his stresses.

    'On the Road' 2007

  • Another Voice (this from a small, bony plumber in workclothes).

    The Titan 2004

  • About 600 supporters, many in blue workclothes, gathered at

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • But at this closing there would be a woman he had kissed yesterday afternoon, and maybe yesterday's workclothes and a jacket bought when Bruce Springsteen was singing "Born in the U.S.A." on every radio station wouldn't make the right impression.

    Homebody Card, Orson Scott 1998

  • Cindy knew at once that this must be the man from the payphone, and not just because of his workclothes and shaggy hair.

    Homebody Card, Orson Scott 1998

  • Then again, it was the man in the workclothes that she had kissed.

    Homebody Card, Orson Scott 1998

  • Trisha scanned the room, searching the tables in the dark corners, skipping over the locals in their workclothes and worn business suits.

    The Glory Game Janet Dailey 1985

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