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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1971
Page
18
The article recounts William Lee’s invention of a hand powered knitting machine after Queen Elizabeth listened to his idea. He demonstrated Woolen stockings and later silk stockings, praising the silk pair. Lee’s device evolved into modern power driven knitting machines producing millions of stockings and garments.
Sydney AP reports dockhands use colorful nicknames such as The Singlet for a nagging foreman The Pig for an officious official and The Magistrate for a worker who sits on a case. The terms illustrate a unique occupational slang among maritime laborers.
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