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[UK] Austen Emma III 88: ‘There shall be cold meat in the house.’ ‘Well—as you please; only don’t have a great set out.’.
at set-out, n.
[UK] Austen Emma I 38: Mrs Goddard was the mistress of a School – not of a seminary [...] where young ladies for enormous pay might be screwed out of health and into vanity.
at screw out of (v.) under screw, v.
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