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The Chactaws no sooner espied the enemy's fort, than they rent the air with their death-cries, and instantly flew to the fort: but their ardour flagged at a carabin-shot from the place.
History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz
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"Ha! you may ask -- he gave his mistress a potion, for the purpose of merely seducing her, and it turned out to be poison -- a _carabin_ like yourselves."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 546, May 12, 1832 Various
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It was considered as a nest of rather doubtful and desperate characters, and an American _carabin_ or student of medicine told me of another who had fled from the establishment after a few days 'experience, "for fear lest he should have his throat cut."
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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Keep a grip on your advertising with custom carabin
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He thus continues: "Upon receipt of the note you sent me, I have gott the carabin, for which I return you many thanks.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Mrs. Thomson
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"_Sacre nom de Dieu et mille tonnerres_, _vieux galopin_! you dare to tell _me_, a _vieux carabin du Quartier Latin_, that you cannot make arrangements!
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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