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C — CHINA-BEER to CHIN-CHIN (Part 3 of 3)

in its true meaning come near to the ‘good-bye, old fellow,’ for which it is often used, or the compliments for which it is frequently substituted.”—W. Gill, River of Golden Sand, i. 156; [ed. 1883, p. 41].