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a loan but I fancied you
"I meant last night to appeal to you for a loan; but I fancied you seemed rather hard and stand-offish, and what I had to tell was not easy to tell.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 05, Issue 29, May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

at least but I find you
I thought by your look you had been a clever fellow, and upon the snaffling-lay at least, but I find you are some sneaking budge.—
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

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