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Examples
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They had some little trouble with the prize-agent there, for of course the ship's papers showed that she had been a prize, and she should have been sent there to be condemned and sold.
At Aboukir and Acre A Story of Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt 1867
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"Well, Mr Small, I have appointed no prize-agent yet; had you obliged me --"
The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820
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"Well, Mr Small, if your young man keeps his word, you shall be my prize-agent.
The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook Frederick Marryat 1820
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