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The fust reel staggerer was the reel Firemen, about a thowsand on 'em, a marching along as bold as their brass Helmets.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 21, 1891 by Various

Eh, my word, but it were a staggerer!

From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by Jacks, L. P.

This should be a staggerer for the English Home Rule party.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

Sarah was yet a staggerer, and so was Dinah Adams, also Mary Christian; Polly Young and John Mills had not yet attained even to the staggering period—they were only what little Dan McCoy called sprawlers.

From The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

And what a blooming staggerer it was to finish off with the King and Queen of Denmark! of all people in the World!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, August 19th 1893 by Various