Talk:spiriter
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Kiwima in topic RFV discussion: March 2021
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One who spirits another away. Equinox ◑ 18:15, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- I agree there's a citation problem- my cursory glance at archive.org pulled up this: strange usage slang usage --Geographyinitiative (talk) 18:21, 20 March 2021 (UTC)
- OED has "an abductor, specifically a person providing forced labour to the West Indies or North America by means of trickery or abduction". I think that is the "strange usage" in your first link. This, that and the other (talk) 01:28, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
cited Kiwima (talk) 17:44, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
- cited confirmed --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:01, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 19:57, 29 March 2021 (UTC)