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Meir the Linen Merchant
מאיר דער לינער
Nickname used for Meir Kaplan.
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... ווען אין 1912, און די איגיציאטארן זײנען געװען ר׳ ומאיר
קאפלאן, אדער װי מיהאט אים גערופן ׳מאיר דער לינער׳
און ר׳ בנימין משה דער שוחט. אבער די דאזיקע ישיבה
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מאי ר דע ר לינער
The text presents this as a name used for Meir Kaplan, but the first name is OCR-uncertain.