Coxey

[ kok-see ]

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noun

Jacob Sech·ler [sech, -ler], 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers Coxey'sarmy in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.

And it would be so small a part of Coxey's army that the main body would march on and never miss it.

Mother Meadows wished "that man Coxey had never been born," so weary did she get of the Coxey song.

In a few days the soldiers came back escorting the Coxey prisoners.

Coxey happened to swallow one, and said he wouldn't lie down for a week for fear of puncturing himself.

Coxey brayed to the men to "get a move on," but Skates and I amused ourselves by sucking icicles hanging from our bangs.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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