legitermate

This 'ere bizness of bringin' in Nurse Connellys, an' Marie Wan Zandts, an' the huncles an' hants an' neffies an' nieces an' gran'mothers belonging to influential murderers an' Young Napoleons uv Finance an' sich, is a-puttin' the persitions uv legitermate Freaks in peril.

Lemuel Ely Quigg - Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York: A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular: Phases of Metropolitan Life