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  • Junior has always displayed a cruel delight in verbally branding his factota.

    Think Progress » The “Broader Conspiracy”: What We Already Know About the White House Iraq Group 2005

  • The sweeping marble stairway of the ornate cultural landmark is lined with dozens of handsome young factota dressed in black, and a director rushes around barking out urgent instructions into his walkie-talkie.

    Green Goddess Daly, Steven 2007

  • The old lady was factotum, or factota, as it might be most classical to call her, though we are entirely without authorities on the subject, and was just as self-complacent and ambitious of seawomanship below decks, as she had been above board.

    Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820

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