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(adj): fitting or appropriate and deserved; used especially of punishment

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8 months ago knitandpurl said: Dickensian: from The Old Curiosity Shop, Chapter the Sixth

"The dwarf muttering a terrible oath looked round as if for some weapon with which to inflict condign punishment upon his disobedient wife." (p 96 in the Penguin English Library edition)

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