All 16 Uses
foreman
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Sister Carrie
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- Then some word was sent around, and a foreman, in an apron and shirt sleeves, the latter rolled up to his shoulders, approached.†
Chpt 3 *
- "Well," said the foreman, scratching his ear meditatively, "we do need a stitcher.†
Chpt 3
- "No, no," said foreman, a rough, heavily built individual, who looked after a miserably lighted workshop, "we don't want any one.†
Chpt 3
- Out of the array of machines and benches, Mr. Brown signaled a foreman.†
Chpt 4
- It was the foreman.†
Chpt 4
- The foreman passed slowly along, eyeing each worker distinctly.†
Chpt 4
- On the way to the small space portioned off by wood, where all the wraps and lunches were kept, she encountered the foreman, who started at her hard.†
Chpt 4
- The foreman became a true ogre, prowling constantly about, keeping her tied down to her miserable task.†
Chpt 4
- The head foreman, on his round, stopped by her machine.†
Chpt 6
- "Take that to our barns," he said, "and give it to the foreman.†
Chpt 40
- The foreman'll fix that if you ask him, I guess.†
Chpt 41
- Then he sought the foreman, who was already on the ground.†
Chpt 41
- "Here," said the foreman, motioning him, when he came in.†
Chpt 41
- "Run your car out," called the foreman, waving a vigorous hand at him.†
Chpt 41
- "Keep a steady gait," the foreman had said.†
Chpt 41
- It took her back to the few weeks in which she had collected—or rather had received—almost with the air of a domestic, four-fifty per week from a lordly foreman in a shoe factory—a man who, in distributing the envelopes, had the manner of a prince doling out favors to a servile group of petitioners.†
Chpt 44
Definitions:
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(1)
(foreman) a person chosen to lead and speak for a group, especially at work or in a courtroomAt work, a foreman is the worker who supervises and directs other workers, often in factories, workshops, or on construction sites. In a court case, the foreman is the juror selected to lead the jury and announce its decision.
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)