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In fact, cars are the johnny-come-latelies of highways.
19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid 2011
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Some were from established commodity trading houses, some had entered the business after 1973, and some were johnny-come-latelies who rushed into the fray, their only capital requirement being what was needed to get a telephone and a telex installed.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Some were from established commodity trading houses, some had entered the business after 1973, and some were johnny-come-latelies who rushed into the fray, their only capital requirement being what was needed to get a telephone and a telex installed.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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Its specialty magazines, such as * Telephony, ** AT&T Technical Journal, ** Telephone Engineer and Management, * are decades old; they make computer publications like * Macworld* and * PC Week* look like amateur johnny-come-latelies.
The Hacker Crackdown Sterling, Bruce 1992
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The four signers aren't johnny-come-latelies to the net-neut wars.
The Register 2010
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Like every season, a bunch of johnny-come-latelies tune in when the "Idol" touring group has been decided.
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Well, the reality is that these activities were there first, and these johnny-come-latelies have to accept these pre-existing rights.
The RiotACT 2010
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Interestingly enough, I am approached by location-based social networks daily wanting me to write about their new start-ups, but so far none of these johnny-come-latelies have been able to show me that they have built a better mousetrap than Foursquare or Gowalla.
Inventor Spot - Inventions, Innovations, and Interesting Ideas for the Inventor in All of Us Ron Callari 2010
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Like every season, a bunch of johnny-come-latelies tune in when the "Idol" touring group has been decided.
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Like every season, a bunch of johnny-come-latelies tune in when the "Idol" touring group has been decided.
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