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- n. An agreement concluded hastily, so that one party is taken at a disadvantage.
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“She made out her catch-match, and she was miserable.”
“That Mrs Stanhope must be a good clever dame, faith,' said a third gentleman: 'there's no less than six of her nieces whom she has got off within these four winters – not one of 'em now that has not made a catch-match.”
“That Mrs. Stanhope must be a good clever dame, faith," said a third gentleman: "there's no less than six of her nieces whom she has got off within these four winters -- not one of 'em now that has not made a catch-match.”
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