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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 261

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THEIR NICKNAMES. By B. D. S. Some children that I know, possessOf nicknames half a score; Then Larry — Laurie — Lanty comes(Though he always writes it ); One is Theo — Teddy — Ted, And his sister twin, whom most addressThough christened . As Flo or Floy for . The next is scarcely called aright The… … Once upon a time, and a long time ago,there lived near the town of Groton a mightygiant. He lived so many, many years agothat nobody who lives in the town now remem-bers anything about him. But the other day,when out walking, I met a very old man withwhite hair and a white beard, who said thathis…

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