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† ˈWaltham Obs.
[The name of Waltham Chase, Hants.]
Used attrib. in allusion to the disguise adopted by the poachers called ‘Waltham Blacks’: see black n. 6 b.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) V. 191 Such mean devices, such artful, such worse than Waltham disguises put on, to obtrude himself into my company. |