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Poor Jewry Lane
See Jewry Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Poor
·superl Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
II. Poor ·superl Inadequate; insuffi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor
The Mosaic legislation regarding the poor is specially important.
1) They had the right of gleaning...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Poor
The general kindly spirit of the law toward the poor is sufficiently shown by such passages as (15:7...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Jewry
·noun Judea; also, a district inhabited by Jews; a Jews' quarter.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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The Jewry
The Jews' quarter in the City.
Described as "Judaismo" in the Ward of William de Hadestok, 3 Ed. I....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jewry
(the country of Judea)
the same word elsewhere rendered Judah and Judea. It occurs several times in...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Stable Yard, Poor Jewry Lane
West out of Poor Jewry Lane. In Aldgate Ward (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by bonded warehouses...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Land-poor
·adj Pecuniarily embarrassed through owning much unprofitable land.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor-john
·noun A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor-spirited
·adj Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor-will
·noun A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Poor-willie
·noun The bar-tailed godwit.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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poor-soldier
or Soldier-Bird (q.v.),
n.
another name for the Friar-bird (q.v.),and so named from its cry.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor soldier
See soldier-birdI.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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poor body!
i. e. Poor Creature. Durham.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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poor john
Hake-fish salted and dried, as well as dried stock-fish, and bad bacalao, or cod, equally cheap and ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Jewry Street
South from Aldgate High Street, at No. 89, to Crutched Friars and Rangoon Street (P.O. Directory). I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Lawrence Jewry
On the north side of Gresham Street at No. 80, south-west of the Guildhall, in Cheap Ward (P.O. Dire...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little Jewry
In Aldgate Street, 14 Rich. II. 1391 (Cal. P.R. Rich. II. 1388-92, p. 417).
See Jewry Street.
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(St.) Olave Jewry
See St. Olave Old Jewry.
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Old Jewry
North out of Poultry, at No.43, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward and Coleman Street...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Whip-poor-will
·noun An American bird (Antrostomus vociferus) allied to the nighthawk and goatsucker;
— so called ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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(St.) Peter le Poor
On the West side of Old Broad Street. In Broad Street Ward (O.S.).
Earliest mention found in record...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Cock, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fore Old Jewry
By Aldgate (W. Stow, 1722, and Rev. of London, 1728).
See Jewry Street.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Jewry, St. Katherine's
Within the Tower Liberty, near the Flemings' Churchyard and Hangman's Gains was a place called "Juda...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Olave Old Jewry
On the west side of Old Jewry, in Coleman Street Ward, on the boundary of Coleman Street and Cheap W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Old Jewry Chambers
On the east side of Old Jewry at No.8 (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street Ward.
First mention (O.S....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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poor as job's turkey
A common simile.
The professor is as poor as Job's turkey, if it wasn't for that powerful salary th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Ball Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912) at No. 15 (Lockie, 1810).
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Bevis Court, Old Jewry
See Bevis Court, Basinghall Street, below.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Carpenter's Yard, Jewry Street
See Carpenters' Rents.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Cock Alley, Jewry Street
See Cock Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Green Court, Old Jewry
See Green Dragon Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Martin in the Jewry
Thomas the priest of St. Martin's in the Jewry is mentioned in a Deed about 1197, as witness to a gr...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Stephen in the Jewry
See St. Stephen Coleman Street.
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Windmill Court, Old Jewry
East out of Old Jewry, in Coleman Street Ward (Strype, 1720).
First mention: "The Windmill," 1522 (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Stephen's Lane in the Jewry
Rents in the lane of St. Stephen in the Jewry near the Brethren of the Penance of Jesus Christ, 1291...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Crown Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street at No.12 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
First mention: Strype, ed. 172...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.