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Charles O'Malley, the Irish dragoon choose

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[Ire] C.J. Lever Charles O’Malley 561: Though he consumed something like a prize ox to his own cheek, he at length had to call for cheese.
at to one’s own cheek under cheek, n.2
[Ire] C.J. Lever Charles O’Malley 221: ‘Such an ungainly savage I never met,’ I would say. To which he would reply, ‘Bad enough he is certainly; but, by Jove! when I think of your Hottentot, I feel grateful for what I’ve got.’.
at Hottentot, n.
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