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Name of a character in Raising the Wind, an 1803 play by James Kenney.
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Today it means: A needy, artful dealer; a confidence man. Full definition →
Name of a character in Raising the Wind, an 1803 play by James Kenney.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.