subs. (old).—1.  A term of contempt; ‘a fool—he is a meer ANIMAL, he is a very silly Fellow’ (B. E., c. 1696).

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  1677.  WYCHERLEY, The Plain Dealer, III.

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  2.  (American).—A new cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point; cf. SNOOKER.

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  See WHOLE.

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