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 Quarto-De’cimans,Quasi (Latin). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Quashee.
 
A cant generic name of a negro; so called from a negro named Quassi. (See QUASSIA.)   1
 


 Quarto-De’cimans,Quasi (Latin). 

 
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