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Cyrus Ching

(1876—1967)

U.S. labor leaderindustrialist

I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

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the likes of

[the likes of] {informal} Something like or similar to; something of the same kind as. * /I have never seen the likes of John./ * /It was a chocolate sundae […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

labor movement

[labor movement] {n.} Groups which form, strengthen, and increase membership in labor unions. * /His father was connected with the labor movement in the 1920's./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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