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The Rookeries of London choose

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[UK] T. Beames Rookeries of London 4: Whence came these Rookeries? Were they prison colonies, safety valves, so many Alsatias [...] girdled round by certain barriers which confined the pestilence within a given circle?
at Alsatia, n.
[UK] T. Beames Rookeries of London 19: In common parlance, St. Giles’s and Billingsgate are types – the one, of the lowest conditions under which human life is possible, – the other, of the lowest point to which the English language can descend.
at St Giles’s breed (n.) under St Giles, n.
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