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  • "horn-bug" being disposed of, 'Lina became quiet, and might, perhaps, have taken up Hugh again, but for a timely interruption in the shape of

    Bad Hugh Mary Jane Holmes 1866

  • "I declare, Tina Percival," she said to her one day, "you 're saucy enough to physic a horn-bug!

    Oldtown Folks 1869

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