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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
quicksilver .
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'His brilliant parts,' we are told by contemporary writers, but rather, we should think, his reputation for wit and eccentricity, 'found favour in the eyes of Hibernian quicksilvers, and in spite of his years, he was admitted to the Irish House of Lords.'
The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 Philip Wharton 1847
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