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The aboriginal man-eater, or pocket-cannibal, is susceptible of the refining influences of Civilization.— What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
Your true man-eater is usually of an amorous temperament: he can be indeed sufficiently fond of a lady to eat her up.— What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
But your man-eater is the meekest of creatures; he will never give warning, and -- not often take it.— What Will He Do with It? — Volume 04
The legend of the man-eater may even have been told by those who killed the last of the pterodactyls.— Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 06 : Central States and Great Lakes
I forgot that he was a vicious, primordial wolf-thing -- a man-eater, a scourge, and a terror.— Pellucidar

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