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1851. The old man plainly told her, if she did not hush he would frail her worse than a dog would a polecat.—M. L. Byrn, ‘An Arkansaw Doctor,’ p. 82.
1851. I tried taking some half dozen large switches, and laying it on him with all my power. He appeared thankful that I had saved his life, but did not like the thought of getting a frailing for it.—Id., p. 123.
