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If a pre-emptor leads a side suit at Trick 1, it is a singleton; if he leads his own suit, assume he has a singleton in your trump suit.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2014

It was needful to become a constructive pre-emptor, and to exhort a number of impenitent squatters to early penitence and reformation.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

They would have to push on still further westward if they wished to find good land ready for the pre-emptor.

From The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas by Rogers, W. A. (William Allen)

If the pre-emptor filed his claim one day or one week before he commenced his occupation, his claim, as against the railroad company, is fraudulent.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.

Most of the available land within a reasonable distance of the railroad is taken up, and the days of the pre-emptor, except in remoter parts, are past.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior