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[UK] R. King Modern London Spy 102: She was on her return [...] to her Den in Strutton’s Grounds.
at den, n.
[UK] R. King Modern London Spy 38: Men taken up for assaults or night-brawls were termed Rats, and the harlots or women [...] were there [Wood Street Compter] called Mice, and at locking up hours, crammed into a hole.
at hole, n.1
[UK] R. King Modern London Spy 38: Men taken up for assaults or night-brawls were termed Rats, and the harlots or women [...] were there [prison] called Mice, and at locking up hours, crammed into a hole.
at mouse, n.
[UK] R. King Modern London Spy 38: Men taken up for assaults or night-brawls were termed Rats, and the harlots or women [...] were there called Mice, and at locking up hours, crammed into a hole.
at rat, n.1
[UK] R. King Modern London Spy 106: The persons whom you just now saw, (under the name of resurrection-men) continue their business, getting from one guinea to five or six, according to the value set upon the corpse.
at resurrection man (n.) under resurrection, n.
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