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Date "Cap-acquaintance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: Cap-acquaintance

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LiteratureCap-acquaintance (A), now called a bowing acquaintance. One just sufficiently known to bow to. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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