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Merchant Taylors
Originally called Tailors and Linen-Armourers. A charter of Liberties was granted to them under this...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' Almshouses
Adjoining to the west end of the parish church of St. Martin Outwich in Threadneedle Street built in...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' Hall
On the south side of Threadneedle Street at No. 30 (P.O. Directory).
First mention: "Tailors' Hall,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' Rents
In Moor Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant Taylors' School
On the east side of Suffolk Lane, in Dowgate Ward (O.S. 1880).
First mention: Founded 1561 by the m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Merchant
·noun A trading vessel; a merchantman.
II. Merchant ·vi To be a merchant; to <<Trade>>.
III. Merch...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Merchant
The Hebrew word so rendered is from a root meaning "to travel about," "to migrate," and hence "a tra...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Merchant Taylors' Alms Houses
On the north side of Royal Mint Street (Rosemary Lane) towards the western end, and on the west side...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden
·vt To cultivate as a garden.
II. Garden ·noun A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Garden
Gardens in the East, as the Hebrew word indicates, are enclosures on the outskirts of towns, planted...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Taylor's Court
1) In Lambeth Hill, two doors from Old Change (Lockie, 1816).
Not named in the maps.
2) East out o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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taylors goose
An iron with which, when heated, press down the seams of clothes.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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caper merchant
A dancing master, or hop mercbant; marchand des capriolles. FRENCH TERM.--To cut papers; to leap or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hop merchant
A dancing master.
See caper merchant.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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turkey merchant
A poulterer.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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forwarding merchant
One whose business it is to receive and forward goods for others. The internal navigation and trade ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cape-merchant
[capo].
An old name for super-cargo in early voyages, as also the head merchant in a factory.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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merchant service
The mercantile marine.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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merchant-venturers
A company of merchants who traded with Russia, Turkey, and other distant parts. In the Affectionate ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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royal merchant
A title of the Mediterranean, traders of the thirteenth century, when the Venetians were masters of ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Brook's Garden
In Heneage Lane, Aldgate (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dorset Garden
In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Alley
See Two Swan Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Court
1) In St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Churchyard in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Place
West out of Middlesex Street. In Portsoken Ward (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 1880.
Former...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Row
In the Inner Temple, within the Temple precincts (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Street (Great)
See Great Garden Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Grocers' Garden
On the north side of Grocers' Hall (Strype, ed. 1720 and 1755).
Shown but not named in O. and M. 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Hatton Garden
North from Holborn Circus, at No. 8, to Clerkenwell Road (P.O Directory).
Outside the City boundary...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jews' Garden
In the parish of St. Giles without Cripplegate, to the east of Aldersgate Street.
First mention: "l...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Patrick's Garden
Near the Tower of London.
Part of the possessions of the Abbey of Graces, on which Lord Burghley ha...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Rolls' Garden
On the west side of Clifford's Inn Gardens, on the western boundary of Farringdon Ward Without (O.S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Salters' Garden
North of Oxford Court (O.S. 1894-6). Formerly on the west and south sides of Salters' Hall (O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Tokenhouse Garden
See Tokenhouse Yard2, Lothbury.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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convent garden
vulgarly called common garden. Anciently, the garden belonging to a dissolved monastery; now famous ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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cabbage garden
a name applied to the colony of Victoria by Sir John Robertson, the Premier of New South Wales,in co...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Devonshire House Garden
See Devonshire Square.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Great Garden Street
East out of St. Katherine's Lane to Helmet Court and Butcher Row (Lockie, 1810).
Former names : A t...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Shepherd's Garden, Minories
See Sheppy Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bear-garden jaw
Rude, vulgar language, such as was used at the bear-gardens.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden abbess
A bawd.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden ague
The venereal disease. He broke his shins against Covent Garden rails; he caught the venereal disorde...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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covent garden nun
A prostitute.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Covent Garden, East Smithfield
Inhabited by foreigners in 1635 (L. and P. Chas. I. Dom. S. 1635, p. 594).
Not mentioned in any of ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Garden Court, Petticoat Lane
See Garden Place, Hutchison Avenue and Seven Step Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Great Garden, Great Gardens
See Great Garden Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Uzza, The Garden Of
the spot in which Manasseh king of Judah and his son Amon were buried. (2 Kings 21:18,26) It was the...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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mate of a merchant-ship
The officer who commands in the absence of the master, and shares the duty with him at sea. (See chi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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training-ship for the merchant service
A vessel properly equipped with instructors and means to rear able-bodied lads for the merchant serv...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Six Garden Court, Paul's Alley, Cripplegate
See Garden Court and Young's Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose