I don't know what a breaker boy is; but his occupation seems to be standing by a coal dump with a wan look and a dinner-pail to have his picture taken for magazine articles.

我不知道碎石机小厮是干嘛的，但是他的工作好像是带着饭盒，病怏怏地站在煤矿前让人拍了照片登到杂志上去。

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A pail in which a workman carries his lunch or dinner.

工人携带午餐或晚餐的桶。

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A spinner who has thought only of the loom, the dinner pail, the bed, and then the loom again - this spinner might drink some on a Sunday and come across a marsh lily.

一个从来只想到纺纱机、饭盒、床，然后又是纺纱机的纺织工人，——这样的一个人说不定某个星期天喝了几杯酒，见到了沼泽地里的一朵百合花。

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