"sulphite" meaning in English

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          "text": "A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.",
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          "ref": "1908, Arthur F. Sheldon, About Smith, Whose Name is Jones, page 837:",
          "text": "Some years ago when the engraving business was just getting a foothold in Chicago and Jones was busily engaged in helping said business gain said foothold, he was known as Charles Engraving Jones. This is a fair sample of his methods. You need not expect anything bromidic from Jones; he is a sulphite.",
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          "text": "\"I don't know,\" Anna answered in the slow tone of one who is weight many things, \"what Ruth will do. She's a sulphite you know.\"",
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        "(obsolete) A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation."
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