swashbuckler

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As Harry, Swashbuckler Granger reads his lines as they were written, which is a serious disservice to the writer.

From Time Magazine Archive

No; I say that if the Swashbuckler Estate is skirted, &c., &c.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 by Various

"Your humble servant, Mr. Swashbuckler," she said; and then: "But oh! you have not hurt the lad?" she demanded, with a tincture of anxiety.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

On the contrary, I say that if the Swashbuckler Estate, &c., &c.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 by Various

Thus it will be plain to the Reader that a Knight of Malta is a kind of Medley of Seaman, Swashbuckler, and Saint—Admiral Benbow, Field-Marshal Wade, and Friar Tuck all rolled up into one.

From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by Sala, George Augustus