It is not naval work, but means putting on aboilersuitfirst thing every morning, spending the whole day in the bilges, and coming out at night.
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Seth is not on community service like the other main characters so is not in aboilersuit.
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If a man has to wear aboilersuitno coupons are required, but if he wears trousers and coat he has to supply coupons.
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The idea that a man who wears aboilersuitis something less than the man who wears a white collar and a tie, is rubbish.
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She is wearing a blueboilersuitand a respirator.
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These men are much more often in the workshops in boiler suits than they are in the board room.
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At approximately 11.40 am two men wearing boiler suits approached the building carrying a plank of wood.
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These coupons may be used for the purchase of industrial overalls and boiler suits which are available at specially low coupon rates.
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Contained in this group are a number of items of clothing that are required only under working conditions—overalls, boiler suits, and so on.
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The asbestos was implanted into them when they were young men, and in some cases into their wives, because it was carried home on boiler suits.
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We all donned white boiler suits.
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The women created the effect by lying down in white boiler suits to make different shapes.
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Two people are now inside the building also wearing boiler suits and carrying torches.
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The members wore red boiler suits and carried lit torches.
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According to witnesses, they were wearing boiler suits and gas masks.
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