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Line 1: − In British English circa 1905, perhaps! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:18, 29 September 2008 (EDT)+ + + +
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For myself, I do not permit my female servants to have followers. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:18, 29 September 2008 (EDT)
:I'm sorry Brian, I wasn't being snarky! Not deliberately, at any rate. [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:22, 29 September 2008 (EDT)
::Fortunate you are, good sir. I have emphasised the old-fashioned nature of the term. I deliberately added that def. as many pupils might encounter it in literature such the works of Austen, Bronte(s) or even the Mitfords. [[User:BrianCo|BrianCo]] 17:23, 29 September 2008 (EDT)
:::I pity any 21st century American student (or British, or other, for that matter) who comes up against the Mitfords. What a crew! [[User:Bugler|Bugler]] 17:28, 29 September 2008 (EDT)