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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Jarvie

(Baillie Nicol). A Glasgow magistrate in Scott's Rob Roy. He is petulant, conceited, purse-proud, without tact, and intensely prejudiced, but sincere and kind-hearted.

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