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[UK] W. Middlesex Advertiser 19 Sept. 3/6: [advt] How often have unlprincipled shopkeepers palmed off on ladies an inferior article when intending to buy ‘Borwick’s Baking Powder’.
at palm, v.
[UK] W. Middlesex Advertiser 8 Nov. 4/4: From the highest offices to the ‘unboiled lobster,’ there is Paddy to be found.
at unboiled lobster, n.
[UK] W. Middlesex Advertiser 18 Jan. 2/4: A Land Pirate. Catherine Danby, an old Irishwoman, was [...] charged with plundering various butchers’ shops.
at land-pirate (n.) under land, n.3
[UK] W. Middlesex Advertiser 22 Apr. 2/3: A plan founded on some battle of Jiggumbob fought under his immediate command.
at jiggumbob, n.
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