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straw boss noun an assistant foreman US, 1894- “Break up that prayer meeting!” the white straw boss yelled. — Richard A. Wright, Black Boy, p. 163, 1945
- The shabby Dutchman, the straw boss, now went up to the woman and repeated to her, word for word and shriek for shriek, what my father-in-law had said. — Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night, p. 96, 1966
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