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Rebeccaites
A band of Welsh rioters who in 1843, dressed as females, went about at nights and destroyed the toll-gates, which were outrageously numerous; they took their name from Gen. xxiv. 60.
- Del af tale: noun
- Branche/domæne: Language
- Category: Encyclopedias
- Organization: Project Gutenberg
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