The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

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Tobacco-pouch.

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A kind of worsted gloves, used by the lower orders.

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i. e. Was able to do.

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i. e. The quieter.

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Avoid the gallows.

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[The notorious Mandrin was known as the Captain-General of French & smugglers. See a Tract on his exploits, printed 1753.]

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Doomster, or Dempster, of Court.

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John Duke of Argyle and Greenwich.

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Red John the warrior, a name personal and proper in the Highlands to John Duke of Argyle and Greenwich, as MacCummin was that of his race or dignity.