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Dorgon

British  
/ ˈdɔːɡɒn /

noun

  1. 1612–50, Manchurian prince, who ruled China as regent (1643–50) and helped to establish the Ching dynasty

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He's poorer than Job's turkey, and his whole dorgon'd little scantlin' church ain't bigger than one of them Saratogy trunks, but his people just swear by him.

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