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I myself, while living among the Roms of England, have been regarded almost in the light of a cannibal for cooking the latter animal and preferring it to hotchiwitchu barbecued, or ragout of boror.
The Pocket George Borrow George Henry Borrow 1842
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Because they have been known to beg the carcass of a hog which they themselves have poisoned, it has been asserted that they prefer carrion which has perished of sickness to the meat of the shambles; and because they have been seen to make a ragout of boror (snails), and to roast a hotchiwitchu or hedgehog, it has been supposed that reptiles of every description form a part of their cuisine.
The Pocket George Borrow George Henry Borrow 1842
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Having tasted of roasted hotchiwitchu (hedgehog) myself among the "gentle
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