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 Doctor Slop.Doctor Syntax. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Doctor Squintum.
 
George White-field, so called by Foote in his farce entitled The Minor. (1714–1770.)   1
   Theodore Hook applied the same sobriquet to the Rev. Edward Irving, who had an obliquity of the eyes. (1792–1834.)   2
 


 Doctor Slop.Doctor Syntax. 

 
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