Word: absentec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...child of an Anglo-Indian civil servant who qualified, but only barely for membership in the English Establishment. He was the descendent of a long line of younger sons and could, if he chose to, trace his ancestry back to an Earl of Westmoreland and an absentec of younger sons, most of the material advantages had disappeared and Blair felt his marginal status strongly. With a father who began his working life as Assistant Sub-Deputy Opium Agent, fifth grade, and ended it Sub Deputy Opium Agent first grade he had reason to. His childhood was oppressively dominated...
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