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1  He twisted his hand in Jurgis's collar and jerked at him.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25
2  Jurgis gave vent to a cry of dismay, cut off suddenly by the policeman, who seized him by the collar.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 25
3  He wore a silk hat and a rich soft overcoat with a fur collar; and he smiled at Jurgis with benignant sympathy.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 24
4  Finally one of them called a policeman, who came and grabbed Jurgis by the collar, and jerked him to his feet, bewildered and terrified.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 27
5  Jurgis had long ago cast off his fertilizer clothing, and since going into politics he had donned a linen collar and a greasy red necktie.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 26
6  Marija goes on the warpath straight off, without even the preliminary of a good cursing, and when she is pulled off it is with the coat collars of two villains in her hands.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 1
7  Jurgis would have spoken again, but the policeman had seized him by the collar and was twisting it, and a second policeman was making for him with evidently hostile intentions.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 17
8  There was one belonging to a Hebrew collar button peddler, who had died in the room next to him, and which the landlady was holding for her rent; in the end, however, Jurgis decided to do without it, as he was to be underground by day and in bed at night.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 23