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How times have changed: Back in 1911, when Henry and George Fowler compiled their first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary from a cottage in Guernsey, a blouse was defined as a 'workman's loose linen or cotton garment', while a frock was a 'monks long gown with loose sleeves'.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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TEIA, the Texas Court of Appeals struck down a workman's compensation claim by paralyzed TCU running back Kent Waldrep because they felt that his letter of intent and scholarship package did not make Waldrep a university employee.
Michael Simzak: Bowling for Dollars: Should College Athletes Be Paid? Michael Simzak 2011
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Mr. Taylor's elves, all of whom are covered by California workman's compensation insurance, attach steel beams to the tree, to make sure it can hold up decorations through wind and rain.
Holiday Decorators, Facing Overload, Can't Pull the Plug Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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A long workman's table was covered with doohickeys, metal chains and pieces of fabric, the centerpiece being heaps of colored leather, the kind Mercedes uses in its automobiles.
Getting Crafty With a Luxury Auto Maker Marshall Heyman 2012
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As employees, the student-athletes would also be eligible for benefits, including workman's compensation.
Michael Simzak: Bowling for Dollars: Should College Athletes Be Paid? Michael Simzak 2011
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Jimmy had nothing: frayed t-shirts, workman's pants he had learned mechanics in prison, steel-toed boots.
The Sitzer Ann Bogle 2011
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An elderly gentleman peered from behind workman's glasses, first looking at me, then at my briefcase.
Misplaced Emotions Foster Trecost 2011
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As employees, the student-athletes would also be eligible for benefits, including workman's compensation.
Michael Simzak: Bowling for Dollars: Should College Athletes Be Paid? Michael Simzak 2011
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She helped him fill out the forms for workman's comp.
Flatscreen Ames John Gigounas 2011
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TEIA, the Texas Court of Appeals struck down a workman's compensation claim by paralyzed TCU running back Kent Waldrep because they felt that his letter of intent and scholarship package did not make Waldrep a university employee.
Michael Simzak: Bowling for Dollars: Should College Athletes Be Paid? Michael Simzak 2011
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