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want ad
want ad
noun
- informal.a classified advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, etc, for something wanted, such as property or employment
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of want ad1
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Certainly no one over 30, insists a want ad.
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In 1942, her mother spotted a want ad that said the publisher Fiction House was looking for cartoonists and encouraged her to apply.
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If the want ad had read: “Patriarch needed for new men’s movement--must be able to withstand the slings and arrows of outraged feminists,†Robert Bly would seem the ideal candidate.
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Asked how she heard about the job, a new recruit reveals that she answered a want ad for “hostesses†in The Village Voice.
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He answered a want ad in the paper about a company that was looking for pilots who wanted to fly in Southeast Asia.
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