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 Ramsay the Rich.Ra’na. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ramsbottom (Mrs.).
 
A vile speller of the Queen’s English. It was the signature of Theodore Hook in his letters published in the John Bull newspaper, 1829.   1
 


 Ramsay the Rich.Ra’na. 

 
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