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Fifty Years Ago choose

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[UK] W. Besant Fifty Years Ago 169: The outward and visible signs of rum were indeed various. First, there was the red and swollen nose, next, the nose beautifully painted with grog-blossoms.
at grog blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
[UK] W. Besant Fifty Years Ago 163: The Royal Saloon, Piccadilly, where one looked in for a ‘few goes of the max’.
at max, n.
[UK] W. Besant Fifty Years Ago 42: The turnpike has gone, and the pikeman with his apron has gone.
at pike-man (n.) under pike, n.2
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