reddleman
Americannoun
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reddlemen
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"You are the reddleman I saw on the hill this morning—why, you are the man who—" "Please read the letter."
From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
You think too much of my influence over men-folk indeed, reddleman.
From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
"You are the reddleman I saw on the hill this morning—why, you are the man who——" "Please read the letter."
From The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Venn, the reddleman, in the Mephistophelian garb of his profession, is the incarnation of a good spirit, and wins the guineas from the clutch of the spendthrift husband.
From The Bibliotaph and Other People by Leon H. (Leon Henry) Vincent
If you are both so fastidious," retorted Blakeney, shrugging his broad shoulders, "I'll turn one of you into a reddleman, and the other into a dyer.
From El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
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