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A member of a work gang who supervises the other workers.

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        Then the louder tones of a straw boss called him back:
        O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
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        The straw boss is responsible for the workmen under him.
        My Life and Work
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        The picker-thepimp-was called the straw boss.
        The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
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        By 1933, the "children," the workers, ate-thatis, earned-onlyif they could survive the shape-up, the speed-up, and the straw boss.
        The family: the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american p...
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        The foreigners, generally speaking, are content to stay as straw bosses.
        My Life and Work
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        " Straw boss has to ride in this country."
        The Rules of the Game