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[UK] M. Edgeworth Patronage (2004) 34: Put him into the hands of a clever grinder or crammer, and they would soon cram the necessary portion of Latin and Greek into him.
at crammer, n.
[UK] M. Edgeworth Patronage (2004) 34: Put him into the hands of a clever grinder or crammer, and they would soon cram the necessary portion of Latin and Greek into him.
at grinder, n.1
[UK] M. Edgeworth Patronage III 70: The total want of proper pride and dignity in his deportment – a certain slang and familiarity of tone, gave superficial observers the notion that he was good-natured.
at slang, n.1
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