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man and boy (old-fashioned)

all a man's life. I've worked down this coal mine man and boy.

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The Man and Boy got off and tried to think what to do.

Fables by Aesop View in context

Along its stone-flagged passages the footsteps of the man and boy echo strangely.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

--to that eternal doctor swab, and tell him to pipe all hands--magistrates and sich--and he'll lay 'em aboard at the Admiral Benbow--all old Flint's crew, man and boy, all on 'em that's left.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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