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Meanings of old leech in English

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Usage of old leech in English
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He's a regular old leech, Padre.
Kim
2
The poet Wordsworth introduces us to an old leech-gatherer lamenting the scarcity of the animals in the following lines:
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children
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Any time that old leech abandons a thing, bookkeepers and all other parties will do well to ride right along with him.
Somewhere in Red Gap
4
Erpwald went off to the guest chamber where he was lodged, and presently I found our old leech and took him to see after him.
A Prince of Cornwall / A Story of Glastonbury and the West in th...
5
How it clears away all the fumes of the head,-betterthan the hellebore with which the old leeches of the Middle Ages purged the cerebellum!
The Caxtons: A Family Picture — Complete
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"That the splendid old leech described you to me exactly as I had imagined you," was the reply.
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 03
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"A despicable old leech, but he is filthy rich and he has expressed an interest in tasting Egypt," he said with a narrowed-eye smile.
Cleopatra's Moon
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