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derogNPsing onlyfixed WO a person who tries to please simultaneously two persons, groups etc with opposite viewpoints, goals etc
servant of two masters.
The title of the Russian translation of Carlo Goldoni s play // servitore di due padroni, 1745
of Biblical origin (Matt. 6:24, Luke 16:13).
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