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The Poor of New York choose

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[UK] The **** Club Poor of N.Y. Act III: Here I am again – like a bad shilling, come back again.
at bad penny (n.) under bad, adj.
[UK] The **** Club Poor of N.Y. Act III: I bulled the market – lost – borrowed more – the crisis came – I lost again.
at bull, v.1
[UK] The **** Club Poor of N.Y. Act III: What are you up to? You want to fix him – to try some game to euchre me.
at euchre, v.
[UK] The **** Club Poor of N.Y. V iii: Oh, dear papa, do take care of my flounces – you men paw one about as if a dress was put on only to be rumpled.
at paw, v.
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