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Updated: October 7, 2026
They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring-tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the Maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers," which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the pavers for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of "the maiden."
"But I would rather be chopped to chips," said the elder. At last they all went to work. The Maidens rode that is, they were put in a wheelbarrow, and that was a distinction; but still they were called "hand-rammers." "Mai !" they said, as they were bumped upon the pavement.
"But I would rather be chopped to chips," said the elder. At last they all went to work. The maidens rode that is, they were put in a wheelbarrow, and that was a distinction; but still they were called "hand-rammers." "Mai !" they said, as they were bumped upon the pavement.
They had their place among shovels, hand-carts, wheelbarrows, and measuring tapes; and to all this company the news had come that the maidens were no longer to be called "maidens," but "hand-rammers;" which word was the newest and the only correct designation among the paviours for the thing we all know from the old times by the name of "the maiden."