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Examples
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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
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"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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