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"Mark me—I'll not go after her!" said the trusser, returning doggedly to his seat.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

Sir, a trusser of giants formerly, perhaps would find less sport therein now, 417.Letters classed, 427 their shape, 428of candidates, 431often fatal, ib.Lewis,

From Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by Lowell, James Russell

"Very well, she shall have the child, and the bargain's complete," said the trusser.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

"I did for myself that way thoroughly," said the trusser with a contemplative bitterness that was well-night resentful.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

Launcelot, Sir, a trusser of giants formerly, perhaps would find less   sport therein now.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell