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It was, no doubt, an actual instrument in constant use in the merchant's office, as much so as an almanac, interest-tables, a "cambist" and a copying-press, are now As regards the cipher, the difficulty only commenced with writing numbers in the new symbology.

—Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850

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One versed in the operations of exchange and the value of foreign moneys; a dealer in notes and bills of exchange. The word cambist, though a term of antiquity, is even now a technical word of some use among merchant traders and bankers. Rees, Cyc.

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It was, no doubt, an actual instrument in constant use in the merchant's office, as much so as an almanac, interest-tables, a "cambist" and a copying-press, are now As regards the cipher, the difficulty only commenced with writing numbers in the new symbology. — Notes and Queries, Number 23, April 6, 1850
‘bravado’, ‘caiman’, ‘cambist’, ‘camisado’, ‘carbonado’, ‘cargo’, — English Past and Present