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The Devil's Dictionary · 1911 · p. 305

v : To destroy. Specifically, to destroy a maid’s belief in the virtue of maids. 305

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Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary (1908)
Chamber's Etymological of the English Language (1895)
Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language (1884)
BLUE-RUIN — Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon (1859)
Blue Ruin — A Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811)

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