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 Dig’gory.Dignitary (A). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Digit.
 
The first nine numerals; so called from the habit of counting as far as ten on the fingers. (Latin, digitus, a finger.)   1
 


 Dig’gory.Dignitary (A). 

 
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