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debt-collectora1852
a1852 in G. B. Hill Talks about Autographs (1896) 3 F.-M. the Duke of Wellington begs to inform Mr. Snip that he is neither the Marquis of Douro's steward nor Mr. Snip's debt collector.
1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 121Debt-collector.