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Little Hammer, you see how he hide his head: not because he kill the Tarquin, that Brigley, but because he is a poor 'vaurien' now, and he once was happy and had a wife ....
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Tarquin, that Brigley, but because he is a poor 'vaurien' now, and he once was happy and had a wife ....
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Little Hammer, you see how he hide his head: not because he kill the Tarquin, that Brigley, but because he is a poor 'vaurien' now, and he once was happy and had a wife ....
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And why does mamma say thou art only a vaurien, mon cousin?
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Here is a note upon my agent for fifty pounds, vaurien!
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"_Un vaurien_!" she cried, meaning, in the slang of the day,
Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier
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Un jeune vaurien, qui espérait hériter un jour de son oncle, voulait le sonder un peu pour savoir les chances qu'il courait de réaliser son ambition.
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The poor child is in love with you, _vieux vaurien_!
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This is shown by the form; cf. ne'er-do-well, Fr. vaurien, Ger.
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"It is not Maitre Ranulph," answered her friendly inquisitor; "it is not that M'sieu 'Detricand, the vaurien."
The Battle of the Strong — Volume 3 A Romance of Two Kingdoms
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