priest-collector

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"Not so, sir," said the Siculo-Inglese Jack Robertson, "they tell here priest not cheat, always deal square have that character indeed, sir;" and he proceeded to conduct us to another priest-collector, who, in this instance, had gone out to dine with a friend. Jack, however, said he would soon bring him back, dined or undined; and in ten minutes he returned in high spirits at his success.

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846