sidewalk superintendent
Example Sentences
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When you’re caring for a baby or toddler in a public place, you will inevitably encounter the kind of person I call a sidewalk superintendent.
From New York Times
Biding its time across from the , its annoyance at anonymity grows with the gawking of every new sidewalk superintendent.
From New York Times
He has signed up for enough lectures to keep him running around the world at something like $1,000 a talking minute and has been certified as a top-drawer sidewalk superintendent for his presidential library, now a huge hole in the ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
NASA's verdict on the extraterrestrial crane would have delighted any orbiting sidewalk superintendent: the six-jointed 50-ft.-long arm was extended, bent and manipulated with barely a hitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Citation: "Sidewalk superintendent of our times, voice of our conscience, literate exponent of the belief that humor ought to speak the truth."
From Time Magazine Archive
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