down-and-out-o'-works

Updated: May 11, 2025

It could not be long before here in America the workers would learn this wonderful lesson, would thrill to the idea that freedom and plenty might really be their portion. Winter was coming, and the farm-workers moved to the cities; but this year they did not go as down-and-out-o'-works they went, each man a little kink.

Upton Sinclair - Jimmie Higgins