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 Case-hardened.Casi’no. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cashier’ (2 syl.).
 
To dismiss an officer from the army, to discard from society. (French, casser, to break; Italian, cassa’rë, to blot out; Ger. kassiren.)   1
       
“The ruling rogue, who dreads to be cashiered,
Contrives, as he is hated, to be feared.”
       
Swift: Epistle to Mr. Gay, line 137.
 


 Case-hardened.Casi’no. 

 
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