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find the lady

British  

noun

  1. another name for three-card trick

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It takes the rest of the evening to find the lady and make her confess.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You would not—" "They will not find the lady."

From Charred Wood by J. Clinton Shepherd

Monsieur de Chateauroux," he called, "I find the lady is adamant.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell

I didn't say that nobody knew where to find the lady.

From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins

When finally they ventured to enter it was to find the lady on her knees, with the arms of the child tightly clasped about her neck.

From Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys The Birch Bark Lodge by Silas K. Boone

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