George Washington — "but perhaps you may be as well off as we are—that is, have no Tobacco for them t…"
but perhaps you may be as well off as we are—that is, have no Tobacco for them to eat and there I think we nicked the Dogs.
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Continuing the joke about tobacco worms in the same letter, adding a dry, self-deprecating punchline about his own lack of tobacco.
Date: Late 18th century (approximate)
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