scab
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As cliches mount, the reader half expects the next phone call to be answered by old Scab Cooley.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I'll furnish you with our own crew just before you sail," Scab Johnny continued.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
The day after his interview with Scab Johnny and Don Manuel he engaged an engineer and a deck hand and went up the Sacramento to bring the Maggie down to San Francisco.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
From the pawnshop he returned to Scab Johnny's with eight dollars in his pocket, routed out the contrite McGuffey, and carried the latter off to ham and eggs.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
"Scab leader!" he shouted, turning and facing the girls.
From Windy McPherson's Son by Anderson, Sherwood
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