A jerkline skinner.
Death Valley Days - 1952 Jerkline Jitters 6-25 was released on: USA: 6 June 1958
A Jerkline Skinner is the main driver of a mule team who handles the reins. More precisely, he is the driver astride the neigh wheeler who handles a single line, the jerk line, that goes to the bit of the neigh leader. Pulling the line causes the leader to turn left. Jerking the line causes him to turn right.The term skinner refers to a mule skinner, a person who drives mule teams.
In "Of Mice and Men," Slim is the skilled and respected mule driver at the ranch where George and Lennie work. He is seen as a wise and compassionate leader among the ranch workers, and George greatly respects him. Slim plays a significant role in the novella as a moral authority and a foil to the other characters.
Carlson: A large, big-stomached man who works at the ranch, Carlson complains about Candy's dog and eventually offers to put the old dog out of its misery. George steals Carlson's gun to shoot Lennie after Curley's wife is murdered. Slim: The jerkline skinner at the ranch, Slim is a seemingly ageless man who carries himself with great gravity. He gives Lennie one of his new litter of puppies to care for. Curley initially suspects that his wife is having an affair with Slim.
In "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, the term "temple dancer" is used by Crooks to describe a woman he knew in the past who performed dances in a temple in Paris. This reference highlights the limited opportunities and experiences available to Crooks as a Black man in a segregated society, as well as the loneliness and longing for connection that he feels on the ranch.
he was a mean person who lived with mean people in a mean castle on a mean hill in a mean country in a mean continent in a mean world in a mean solar system in a mean galaxy in a mean universe in a mean dimension
you mean what you mean
Mean is the average.
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It mean what you don't what does it mean.
The arithmetic mean is a weighted mean where each observation is given the same weight.