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Goulburn and the huntsman Morris are new
The Master, Colonel Goulburn, and the huntsman, Morris, are new to the country, so that the record of kills—sixty-five brace—accounted for is all the more creditable, especially as it represents a number of quite remarkable runs.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

girl and the hired man are not
As a rule, the hired girl and the hired man are not good friends: he derides her, and she scorns him.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 by Various

guy and told him much about New
There, at the table where he sat, he had encountered one who earnestly announced himself as a "wise guy" and told him much about New York, all quite as pessimistic as the London romancer's talk had been enthusiastic.
— from The Old Flute-Player: A Romance of To-day by Charles Turner Dazey

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