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[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana 44: The occupation of these draggle-tail wretches commences on the banks of the Thames at low water.
at draggle-tailed, adj.
[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana n.p.: Among the cadgers, there are a number of fresh-water sailors, who never saw a vessel but from London Bridge.
at freshwater mariner (n.) under Freshwater, adj.
[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana 44: These grubbers now and then find rings that have been drawn off with the gloves.
at grubber, n.1
[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana 49: The parish of St. Giles in the Fields. This latter place, which is their principal residence, is called their colony, and is styled by them ‘The Holy Land;’ in the centre of it there is a mass of building called ‘Rats’ Castle’.
at holy land, n.
[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana 25: My worthy heart, stow a copper in Jack’s locker – for poor Jack has not had a quid to-day.
at jack, n.5
[UK] J.T. Smith Vagabondiana 50: The [...] purl pots of the public houses.
at purl, n.1
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