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'He was a shake-rag like fellow,' he said, 'and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o' the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01 Walter Scott 1801
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'He was a shake-rag like fellow,' he said, 'and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o' the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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a shake-rag like fellow, 'he said,' and, he dared to say, had gipsy blood in his veins; but at ony rate he was nane o 'the smaiks that had been on their quarters in the moss; he would ken them weel if he saw them again.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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o 'the saddle -- deil ding your saul, sirrah, canna ye mak haste before these lazy smaiks come up?
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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