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It seems to me that you would be more properly employed as a chimney sweep, or maybe a newsie.

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It seems to me that you would be more properly employed as a chimney sweep, or maybe a newsie.
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Well, we haven’t determined if he’s plucky yet. Surely you’ll concede that in order to do those jobs with any degree of literary consanguinuity, he must be plucky.

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Well, we haven’t determined if he’s plucky yet. Surely you’ll concede that in order to do those jobs with any degree of literary consanguinuity, he must be plucky.
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Alternatively he could also be plucky or spunky, although people with the latter trait often find successful careers in quite a different area of work.

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It seems to me that you would be more properly employed as a chimney sweep, or maybe a newsie.
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You forgot shoe-shiner.

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Well, we haven’t determined if he’s plucky yet. Surely you’ll concede that in order to do those jobs with any degree of literary consanguinuity, he must be plucky.
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He would also need to exhibit a lot of gumption. And a little bit of moxie.

Asked and answered. Closed. samclem