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[US] G.G. Foster Clelio 101: A kind of hybrid betwen the b’hoy and the blackleg.
at blackleg, n.1
[US] G.G. Foster Clelio 95: In our profession much drink don’t do [...] There isn’t a man in the band, now, that takes too much of the cratur.
at creature, the, n.
[US] G.G. Foster Clelio 94: If ye pacify Moll, ye’ll be the Ould Gintleman himelf, and nothing shorter.
at old gentleman, n.
[US] G.G. Foster Clelio 96: [heading] A Peep Behind the Scenes, and an Introduction to one of the Young Sprouts of New York Aristocracy.
at sprout, n.1
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