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  • Then he gathered up his son and fled; for he said that thou didst change a quiet trader into an impudent bandier of words with the Sahibs, and he feared a like fate.

    Kim 2003

  • Then he gathered up his son and fled; for he said that thou didst change a quiet trader into an impudent bandier of words with the

    Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • A little bandier than he was, I think, sir, ain't he?

    Martin Chuzzlewit Charles Dickens 1841

  • We’ll hand it to him – the hair looks cute, and he could certainly look worse read: boy bandier, but stare deep into his eyes.

    Stare Long and Hard Into the Eyes of Sadness | Best Week Ever 2007

  • A little bandier than he was, I think, sir, ain’t he?

    The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 2006

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