Word: drain
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...blandly would he sometimes come into my room, take off his rubbers and overcoat, and pleasantly inform me that he had no more recitations for that day! I knew what this meant, - a straight loaf till tea, and a steady drain on my cherished tobacco. He made fair promises of buying the next, but the next for him never came...