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pigeons
Sharpers, who, during the drawing of the lottery, wait ready mounted near Guildhall, and, as soon as...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Milk
·vi To draw or to yield milk.
II. Milk ·add. ·vi To draw or to yield milk.
III. Milk ·noun The rip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk
1) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Judg. 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Milk
As an article of diet, milk holds a more important position in eastern countries than with us. It is...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Pigeon's Court
1) Out of Fleet Street. (Mentioned in Bell, p.399).
Not named in the maps.
Named after the sign.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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blue pigeons
Thieves who steal lead off houses and churches. Cant. To fly a blue pigeon; to steal lead off houses...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Milk sickness
·add. ·- A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affectin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk vetch
·- A leguminous herb (Astragalus glycyphyllos) of Europe and Asia, supposed to increase the secretio...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk-livered
·adj White-livered; cowardly; timorous.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Wolf's-milk
·noun Any kind of spurge (Euphorbia);
— so called from its acrid milky juice.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Milk Street
North out of Cheapside, at No. 115, to Gresham Street (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Within.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Yard
West out of Poppinge's Court, Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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bristol milk
A Spanish wine called sherry, much drunk at that place, particularly in the morning.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fresh milk
Cambridge new comers to the university.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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milk-bush
n.
a tall Queensland shrub, Wrightia saligna, F. v. M., N.O. Apocyneae;it is said to be most valuab...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-fish
n.
The name, in Australia,is given to a marine animal belonging to the class Holothurioidea. The Ho...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-plant
n.
i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-tree
n.
a New Zealand tree, Epicarpurus microphyllus, Raoul.
1873. `Catalogue of Vienna Exhibition':
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-wood
n.
a Northern Territory namefor Melaleuca leucadendron, Linn.; called also Paperbark-tree (q.v.).
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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milk-sickness
A fatal spasmodic disease, peculiar to the Western States. It first attacks the cattle, and then tho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blow-milk
skimmed milk, perhaps blue milk ; milk when closely skimmed being of a blueish colour. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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lopperd-milk
sour curdled milk ; a lopperd slut. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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sil'd milk
skimmed milk. North.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Three Pigeons Court
North out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Boyle, 1799).
First mention: "Three Pigeon Alle...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Bell, Milk Street
A messuage called the Corner House and now called the Signe of the Bell in parish of St. Mary Magdal...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Milk Street Buildings
In Milk Street at No. 1, adjoining Honey Lane Market (P.O Directory).
First mention: L.C.C. List, 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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milk and water
Both ends of the busk.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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to milk the pigeon
To endeavour at impossibilities.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Fryar Alley, Milk Street
See Clement's Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
On the east side of Milk Street, in Cripplegate Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 75).
The par...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Montford's Court, Milk Street
See Mumford Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinhood Alley, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Robinson's Court, Milk Street
See Robinhood Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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court of sour milk session
to be in disgrace with a person is, to get into the Court of Sour Milk Session. York.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose