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ratsbane

(n): a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

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12 minutes ago yarb said:

Heaven and earth! he is a man of the nicest scruples in money matters. Not one of your shabby fellows, always spunging upon his friends, and ready to take up money wherever he can get it! Running in debt is ratsbane to him.

- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 5 ch. 1

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