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Commuter-one who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and… — E.B. White

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Commuter-one who spends his life In riding to and from his wife; A man who shaves and takes a train, And then rides back to shave again.

E.B. White
1982
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White, E. B. "The Commuter." The New Yorker, c. 1982.

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