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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Customer

A man or acquaintance. A rum customer is one better left alone, as he is likely to show fight if interfered with. A shop term. ( See Card.)

“Here be many of her old customers.”

Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, iv. 3.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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