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(3) LEFT SHOE - BOXCAR

Volume 4, entries 5253. Source context: THE PHYSICAL HUMAN BODY ITSELF → SWEAT → SHOES. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.

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Entry 5253

Volume 4 · printed page 2810 · Memphis, Tenn.

If dat man worries yuh an' yuh don't wan' dat man, an' make him let yuh alone. Yuh take his shoe, his lef' shoe, an' go tuh de railroad where a carbox at an' tack it on de carbox, an' jes' as long as dat train carry dat shoe, dat man'll walk jes' de same. Jes' as far as dat carbox goes, de shoe goes.

(What is a carbox? One of those flat [open] cars?)

Yes. [A carbox is a boxcar.]

Related subjects: Trains, Walk

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