Megger

British

/ ˈmɛɡə /

noun

an instrument that generates a high voltage in order to test the resistance of insulation, etc

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"Fifteen!" corrected Bernard Megger, director of a world-famed mining syndicate.

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No," replied Megger; "I was in 'Frisco till the autumn of '85, but I remember the affair.

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"Never," confirmed Megger; "neither the man nor the diamonds."

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"Mr. Bernard Megger is wanted on the telephone!"

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Dessert was being placed upon the table when Bernard Megger went out to the telephone, and a fairly general conversation upon the all-absorbing topic had sprung up when he returned—pale, flabby—a stricken man!

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