"Were you afraid of the bombing or the porterage?". From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos] Reference
One claimed that the porterage had begun as early as 1964. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos] Reference
The primary complaint against the Pathet Lao had to do with the compulsory porterage. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos] Reference
When asked why, she said that it was because of porterage which they were forced to do for the Pathet Lao. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos] Reference
The man who plunders is no longer a man, he is a machine for porterage, and all who list may treat him as a slave. From Wordnik.com. [Cyropaedia] Reference
All, when pressed, said that the porterage began when the soldiers were forced by the bombing to move to inaccessible places. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: A Visit to Laos] Reference
But the porterage was no sinecure for the delinquent elephant, who found it difficult at times to get along over African sands even without a burden. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
For many years the porterage of goods across this island to the Ottawa above -- which is called Lake Chats -- was a work of much difficulty and expense. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
Peter, the lugubrious, is great at light porterage. From Wordnik.com. [Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis] Reference
"I wish you would let me do the porterage," he said. From Wordnik.com. [In the Midst of Alarms] Reference
The telegram despatched, prepaid with the porterage by. From Wordnik.com. [Viviette] Reference
B, several dinners and porterage (www. cosmostourama.co.uk). From Wordnik.com. [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference
All transfers and porterage of one item of luggage per person. From Wordnik.com. [icScotland] Reference
Uru at Sippara, but the money was probably paid for porterage only. From Wordnik.com. [Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs] Reference
"What, half-a-crown for porterage!" it exclaimed in indignant tones. From Wordnik.com. [What's Bred in the Bone] Reference
Duke of Puddledock; likewise a merry Wag that did porterage work for the. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
Had you any porterage, from the station to Holm Hill, to pay for my box?. From Wordnik.com. [Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle] Reference
The price includes flights to Vancouver, porterage at hotels and accommodation. From Wordnik.com. [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference
He then left them, and went alone into the forest to find Maroons for the porterage. From Wordnik.com. [On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.] Reference
Olga has worked since she was a child, taking up porterage, cleaning and sales jobs. From Wordnik.com. [RIA Novosti] Reference
Soon my two light carpet-bags, which I was not allowed to carry, came up with a fresh demand for porterage. From Wordnik.com. [Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851.] Reference
My bag this time made no great demands on my powers of porterage, consisting as it did of a solitary snipe. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton] Reference
When Skinsky had come to him, he had taken him to the ship and handed over the box, so as to save porterage. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
You know, I apologize if you've covered this, but what's the scope of this opportunity that porterage business?. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
For some reason or other the R.E., who design material for our porterage, consider its end and not its portability. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 29, 1916] Reference
The demands for porterage were so exorbitant next morning, that we set out on foot under the guidance of Tom Peter. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference
'She's at school, sir,' said Mr. Peggotty, wiping the heat consequent on the porterage of Peggotty's box from his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [David Copperfield]
Hotel porterage (1 bag per person) 9 dinners including Welcome and Farewell dinners, Chianti dinner at Villa Pasquini in Tuscany. From Wordnik.com. [ETravelBlackboard.com]
No. 2 with a lofty condescension, as who should say, "You suffice for porterage; I, the superior artist, reserve myself for emergencies.". From Wordnik.com. [A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day] Reference
I remember many of the comments we received when we got into the refur business, well, the porterage business could be just as significant. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Gave employment to large numbers; porterage; precarious condition of labour; fluctuation of markets; want of a good bankruptcy law. From Wordnik.com. [Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero] Reference
"Yes, sir; there's half-a-crown to pay for porterage, if you please. From Wordnik.com. [What's Bred in the Bone] Reference
To cartage & porterage to Ship 52. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to and from Jefferson, 1825] Reference
Hotel porterage (1 bag per person). From Wordnik.com. [ETravelBlackboard.com]
Other duties will include porterage and al. From Wordnik.com. [Latest hospitality news from CatererSearch] Reference
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