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from The Century Dictionary.
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capernoity .
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“Me forward!” answered Mrs. Pott; “the cappernoity, old, girning alewife, may wait long enough or I forward it — She’ll not loose the letters that come to her by the
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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"Me forward!" answered Mrs. Pott; "the cappernoity, old, girning alewife, may wait long enough or I forward it -- She'll not loose the letters that come to her by the King's post, and she must go on troking wi 'the old carrier, as if there was no post-house in the neighbourhood.
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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