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The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum choose

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[Ind] J.B. Gilchrist General East India and Vade Mecum 84: The disreputable circumstance of having a thief at his elbow, does not sit very easy on the stranger’s mind: deriving so much convenience from Rum Johnny’s aid, and, having only the fair side of the knave’s conduct in view, be is unwilling to give credit to what appears a gross misrepresentation, founded on prejudice.
at rumjohnny, n.
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