dawn-to-dark
Example Sentences
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Ms. Thomas was known for her dawn-to-dark work hours, and she won her share of exclusives and near-exclusives.
From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2013
Big, slow-moving Albert and his neat, pretty wife Josie-Lee, seldom escaped the dawn-to-dark drudgery of farm life.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. cattleman is the descendant of the romantic cowboy, and for the most part he preserves those storied virtues of ruggedness, independence and dawn-to-dark hard work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sugar then sold for �� a pound, banks foreclosed on planters, cane cutters roamed the island seeking a few weeks' seasonal work at 20� for a dawn-to-dark day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mrs. Hickock, a plump woman with a soft, round face unmarred by a lifetime of dawn-to-dark endeavor, reproached him.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
