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1  I haf had no time to eat my dinner.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
2  They would come in crowds and fill themselves with a fine dinner, and then sneak off.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
3  It was late afternoon then, and he was hungry, but the dinner invitations hung out of the saloons were not for him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 18
4  Before the first streaks of daylight there came the crowding throngs of workingmen, shivering, and swinging their dinner pails as they hurried by.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
5  From now on Jurgis worked from seven o'clock until half-past five, with half an hour for dinner; which meant that he never saw the sunlight on weekdays.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23
6  They would start work every morning at seven, and eat their dinners at noon, and then work until ten or eleven at night without another mouthful of food.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 15
7  Jurgis and the rest of the staff of Hinds's Hotel could hardly stop to finish their dinner, before they hurried off to the big hall which the party had hired for that evening.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 31
8  There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water that was to be ladled into the sausage.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 14
9  He had not eaten since morning, and he felt weak and ill; with a sudden throb of hope he recollected he was only a few blocks from the saloon where he had been wont to eat his dinner.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 19
10  Jurgis went to his dinner, and afterward he walked over to see Mike Scully, who lived in a fine house, upon a street which had been decently paved and lighted for his especial benefit.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26
11  She agreed in everything with Jurgis, except the need of his paying his dues; and she would even go to a meeting with him now and then, and sit and plan her next day's dinner amid the storm.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 30
12  Jurgis had either to eat his dinner amid the stench in which he had worked, or else to rush, as did all his companions, to any one of the hundreds of liquor stores which stretched out their arms to him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7