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Canada point
 n.— «It was decided to sustain Newsboys’ Union of Boston by ruling “that the the [sic] wholesaling and retailing of newspapers at the so-called ‘Canada Points’ is comprehended in the charter and jurisdicition of the Newsboys’ Protective Union.”» —“Abolition Of Child Labor Asked By A.F.L.” Washington Post Sept. 20, 1906. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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