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"I've naught to say," he whined, "except that I hopes your honor will see that I has a fair trial -- no d-- d Tyburn or Newgate hocus-pocussing."
Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia Mary Johnston 1903
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We pay our dues to the Church, and we're honest, peaceable folks: if it serve us better to read our Bible at home rather than go look at him hocus-pocussing in the church, can't he let us be?
The King's Daughters Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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