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D.V.S.

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abbreviation

  1. Doctor of Veterinary Surgery.


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Let D.V.S. run over and compare any of the well-known descriptions of writs, as habeas corpus, mandamus, fi. fa.: or look into Cowell's Interpreter, or a law dictionary, and he will see numerous cases where terms now known as the names of certain documents are merely the operative parts of Latin formulæ.

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"Imprest" and "Debenture."—Perhaps the following may be of some use to D.V.S.

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The answer is new to me; but the proverb itself, as well as the one mentioned by "D.V.S."

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I send this as a pendant to "D.V.S.'s" Query, in hopes of shortly seeing the origin of both these curious sayings.

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"Mooney's Goose."—As a pendant to "Ludlam's dog," I beg to insert the proverb of "Full of fun and fooster, like Mooney's goose," with the hope that your acute and ingenious correspondent D.V.S. may be able to throw some light upon "Mooney."

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