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"etymology_text": "From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.",
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"A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a blue bonnet."
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"ref": "1879, George Eliot, chapter VI, in Impressions of Theophrastus Such",
"text": "A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes with much frequency and an unmistakeable emphasis may prove a fast friend in adversity, but meanwhile your adversity has not arrived and your toes are tender.",
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"An Oxford shoe."
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"A figured woollen petticoat."
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