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... century slang meant picking pockets . Com- pare the twentieth - century equivalent dipping . " 76 Drawboys . - This was a commercial term for what are now called " leading articles . " These are goods sold at cost to attract custom ...
... century slang meant picking pockets . Com- pare the twentieth - century equivalent dipping . " 76 Drawboys . - This was a commercial term for what are now called " leading articles . " These are goods sold at cost to attract custom ...
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... century must be due to a mistake ; probably the seventeenth century is meant . In 1864 it was called the comet - game , or manille . See also Manille ' in ' N.E.D. ' The quotation from Byron is duly given in N.E.D. ' s.v. Comet . ' The ...
... century must be due to a mistake ; probably the seventeenth century is meant . In 1864 it was called the comet - game , or manille . See also Manille ' in ' N.E.D. ' The quotation from Byron is duly given in N.E.D. ' s.v. Comet . ' The ...
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... centuries Edinburgh was known by the latter name , and as late as 1776 was so called throughout the Highlands . " Henry the ... century ago , a writer informs us that Annales Ullonienses , ' MS . in the British Museum , No. 4795 of Mr ...
... centuries Edinburgh was known by the latter name , and as late as 1776 was so called throughout the Highlands . " Henry the ... century ago , a writer informs us that Annales Ullonienses , ' MS . in the British Museum , No. 4795 of Mr ...
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... century , and its appearance would substantiate at least two - thirds of that claim . The tin cupboards which kept the pies at a suitable temperature , and the marble - lined window in which two bowls of mince retained a perennial ...
... century , and its appearance would substantiate at least two - thirds of that claim . The tin cupboards which kept the pies at a suitable temperature , and the marble - lined window in which two bowls of mince retained a perennial ...
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... century tower of the parish church ( dedicated to St. Winwaloe , a sixth - century Breton ) , may be seen an old slate headstone . The inscription thereupon is rather difficult to decipher , but , with a little trouble , can be read as ...
... century tower of the parish church ( dedicated to St. Winwaloe , a sixth - century Breton ) , may be seen an old slate headstone . The inscription thereupon is rather difficult to decipher , but , with a little trouble , can be read as ...
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