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  • "A race of men who are unlike the natives by virtue of their fine oval faces, large eyes and high noses, denoting the best blood of abyssinia."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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  • slang: "I'll be seeing you." See http://www.paperdragon.com/1939/slang.html. Also, it's in "Just Like Little Dogs" by Dylan Thomas:

    "We all shook hands.

    'See you again,' said Walter.

    'I'm always hanging about,' said Tom.

    'Abyssinia!'" (p 60 of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog)

    December 6, 2008