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The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.—Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017 Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023 Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity.—New York Times, 10 May 2018
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