teacherish

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He invited them and their president to follow Dubinsky into the fold of A. F. of L. Many another orator followed: teacherish Thomas Kennedy; earnest Philip Murray; tough-minded Van A. Bittner; Sidney Hillman.

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Down beside President Roosevelt's desk last week sat Arthur Ernest Morgan, teacherish head of Tennessee Valley Authority, to arrange an exchange of personal favors.

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The vote was not nearly so unanimous as tall, teacherish President Eamon de Valera had hoped and expected, but at latest reports ratification of the new Constitution seemed certain by 560,000 votes to 436,000.

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Quietly jubilant in Dublin, teacherish President de Valera dryly said: In Melbourne last week the Beach Purity League was excoriated by Police Magistrate Stafford.

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Though she wasn’t a welcome sight to me, I admit she cut a teacherish figure.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck