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An Authentic narrative of the most remarkable adventures, and curious intrigues, exhibited in the life of Miss Fanny Davies, the celebrated modern amazon, who received the sentence of death choose

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[UK] Life of Fanny Davies 7: Constantly attending the pawnbroker’s offie, and the gin-shop [she] was even at ten years of age able to ouwtit both Mr. Cent per Cent and the Balderdasher.
at balderdasher (n.) under balderdash, n.
[UK] Life of Fanny Davies 7: [She] was even at ten years of age able to outwit both Mr. Cent per Cent and the Balderdasher.
at cent per cent, n.
[UK] Life of Fanny Davies 28: The Marshalsea, another seminary of Sputhwark, for training up swindlers, was saved from the fire, but all the students were set at liberty.
at college, n.
[UK] Life of Fanny Davies 10: That son of Gripus [...] was a person worth near 100,000l. yet he almost starved himelf and the fair one.
at gripes, n.1
[UK] Life of Fanny Davies 49: She was immediately carried over the water [i.e. from Southwark to the City] , taken before a magistrate, and [...] committed for trial.
at water, the, n.
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