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Rouge et Noir choose

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[UK] W. Read Rouge et Noir 117: [Notes] Gentle reader! [...] there was never a term of reproach so misapplied as the insulting one of ‘Featherbed soldiers’ to the officers of the Militia.
at feather-bed soldier (n.) under feather-bed, adj.
[UK] W. Read Rouge et Noir 63: You may see thousands lost, and, as you chuse, you / Can play at Rouge et Noir or shake the bone.
at bones, n.1
[UK] W. Read Rouge et Noir 68: He shakes / The rattling ivory!
at ivory, n.
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