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Meanings of fair specimen in English

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Usage of fair specimen in English
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London, I grant you, is not, and never was, a fair specimen.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane
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His linguistic cleverness was a fair specimen of his general quickness of intellect.
Overland: A Novel
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In America we should call him a pretty fair specimen of a waster.
Of Human Bondage
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That is a fair specimen of the exaggeration of his fears.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
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The above is a fair specimen of a shopman- afavourablerendering.
Certain Personal Matters
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This is a fair specimen of a master at his best.
Doctor and Patient
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This has been a very fair specimen of Brother Jarrum's representations and eloquence.
Verner's Pride
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Is that a fair specimen of the average sales of shawls?-Yes.
Second Shetland Truck System Report
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But, Smith, don't you think Margaretta quite a fair specimen of a girl?
Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine
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The election in the second district is a fair specimen.
Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
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This was a fair specimen of the performance of every member of the troupe.
Four Young Explorers; Or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics
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Johnny was a fair specimen of the boys, as Ann was of the girls.
Poor and Proud; Or, The Fortunes of Katy Redburn: A Story for Yo...
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He is a fair specimen of the whole of them.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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Incidentally this illustration gives a fair specimen of mediæval melody of the earlier period.
A Popular History of the Art of Music / From the Earliest Times ...
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These ten lines are a fair specimen of the diction of the entire volume.
The Verbalist / A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Rig...
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Yet she was only a fair specimen of the village.
Woman and Her Saviour in Persia / By a Returned Missionary
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