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A History of the British Army, Vol. 1, First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War

Note 451 — Chapter XI

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Hence the expression, once very common, of a widow's man. Readers of Marrayat will remember that when Peter Simple was searching the ship for Cheeks the marine, he was informed that Cheeks was a widow's man.

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