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And if she didn't chance to "let" steadily, out she went to pauperdom and some other poor, sordid old adventurer tried in her place....
From Tono Bungay by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
As things are, many thousands of people in every English county either lack these necessaries altogether, or get them only in return for the accursed badge of pauperdom.
From Denzil Quarrier by George Gissing
But I regard her gift of this ranch as the first step to perpetual pauperdom.
From Aunt Jane?s Nieces on the Ranch by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
He liked fine stuffs peculiarly, and even in his pauperdom wore silk next to his skin.
From The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2 by Rupert Hughes
After all, I am only a surgeon who has bungled himself into pauperdom.
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
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