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hard bargain
A useless fellow; a skulker.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's bad bargain
One of the king's bad bargains; a malingeror, or soldier who shirks his duty.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Bargain
·noun An agreement or stipulation; mutual pledge.
II. Bargain ·noun The thing stipulated or purchas...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bargain
To sell a bargain; a species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bargain
a parcel, an indefinite quantity or number 1 as, I have a good bargain of corn this year, or a good ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hard
·adv Close or near.
II. Hard ·adv So as to raise difficulties.
III. Hard ·adv Uneasily; vexatiousl...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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hard
Stale beer, nearly sour, is said to be hard. Hard also means severe: as, hard fate, a hard master.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hard
A road-path made through mud for landing at. (See ard.)
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Kings
of Judah and Israel. For the list see table at the end of this volume.
...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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king's bargain: good or bad
; said of a seaman according to his activity and merit, or sloth and demerit.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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bad bargain
One of his majesty's bad bargains; a worthless soldier, a malingeror.
See malingeror.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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smithfield bargain
A bargain whereby the purchaser is taken in. This is likewise frequently used to express matches or ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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rue-bargain
applied to something given to be off the bargain. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Hard grass
·- A name given to several different grasses, especially to the Roltbollia incurvata, and to the spe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard steel
·add. ·- Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) ca...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-favored
·adj Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-featured
·adj Having coarse, unattractive or stern features.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-fisted
·adj Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
II. Hard-fisted ·adj Having hard or strong hands; as, a har...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-fought
(·adv Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-handed
·adj Having hard hands, as a manual laborer.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-headed
·adj Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.
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Hard-hearted
·adj Unsympathetic; inexorable; cruel; pitiless.
...
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Hard-labored
·adj Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied.
...
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Hard-mouthed
·adj Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-shell
·adj Unyielding; insensible to argument; uncompromising; strict.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-tack
·noun A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Hard-visaged
·adj Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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die hard
To die hard, is to shew no signs of fear or contrition at the gallows; not to whiddle or squeak. Thi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hard cash
Silver or gold coin.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard drinker
One who drinks to excess; a drunkard.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard money
A common term for silver and gold, in contradistinction from paper money.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard pushed
To be bard pressed; to be in a difficulty; and especially, as a mercantile phrase, to be hard presse...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard run
To be hard pressed; and especially to be in want of money. The same as hard pushed.
We knew the Tam...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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blowing hard
Said of the wind when it is strong and steady.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard fish
A term indiscriminately applied to cod, ling, haddock, torsk, &c., salted and dried.
...
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hard gale
When the violence of the wind reduces a ship to be under her storm staysails, No. 10 force.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard-head
The Clupea menhaden, or Alosa tyrannus, an oily fish taken in immense quantities on the American coa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard-horse
A tyrannical officer.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard up
The tiller so placed as to carry the rudder close over to leeward of the stern-post. Also, used figu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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King's Bench
·- Formerly, the highest court of common law in England;
— so called because the king used to sit t...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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King's dale
Mentioned only in Gen. 14:17; 2 Sam. 18:18, the name given to "the valley of Shaveh," where the king...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King's Alley
In Gutter Lane, in precincts of St. Martin's le Grand.
Mentioned in Survey of Rents, etc. (30-33 H....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms
On the west side of Bishopsgate at No.128 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Without.
At the cor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench
See Prisons.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Brewhouse
East out of St. Katherine's in East Smithfield (Rocque, 1746).
Site now occupied by warehouses.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Court
1) North out of Half Moon Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Lockie, 1816).
Site now occupied by ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head
1) Parish of St. Gregory.
A capital messuage, in parish of St. Gregory, in ward of Castle Baynard, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Wardrobe
Between Carter Lane north and St. Andrew's Church south, Puddle Dock Hill west and Addle Hill east. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The Three Kings
Brewhouse and wharf in East Smithfield, west of the Katherine Wheel and Mille Docke, part of the pos...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's plate
Fetters.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's pictures
Coin, money.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's bencher
The busiest of the galley orators: also galley-skulkers.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's own
All the articles supplied from the royal magazines, and marked with the broad arrow. Salt beef or ju...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's parade
A name given to the quarter-deck of a man-of-war, which is customarily saluted by touching the hat w...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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to drive a bargain
To make a bargain. A common colloquial expression, as old as the language.
This bargain is ful dr...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hard-a-lee
The situation of the tiller when it brings the rudder hard over to windward. Strictly speaking, it o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard and fast
Said of a ship on shore.
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hard-a-port!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the starboard-side of the stern-post...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard-a-starboard
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder over to the port-side of the stern-post, whi...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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hard-a-weather!
The order so to place the tiller as to bring the rudder on the lee-side of the stern-post, whichever...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Dale, the king's
The name of a valley, the alternative for "the valley of Shaveh" (q.v.), near the Dead Sea, where th...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Artirce, The King's
In Lime Street.
Stow describes it as a mansion house of the Kings, 14 Ed. I. (S. 152), and Strype s...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Buildings
1) East out of Wood Street at No. 10, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O.S. 1875).
It adjoins the site o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Court
1) South out of Ludgate Hill, east of Fleet Bridge, in Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Boyle, ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Inn
1) On the north-west side of Crutched Friars (Hatton, 1708).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out o...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Tavern
On the south side of Newgate Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 195).
Not...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Arms Yard
1) In Lothbury (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
2) North out of Snow Hill, n...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench Office
At the southern end of King's Bench Walk, Temple (Strype, 1720, Horwood, 1799).
See King's Bench Wa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Bench Walk
On the north side of the Temple Gardens, within the Temple precincts (P.O. Directory).
First mentio...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's College Rents
By Church Hill, Carter Lane (P.C. 1732).
"King's College Lane," Bristol Street, in Strype, ed. 1755...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Head, Cheapside
See The Crowned Seld.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court
1) North-west out of Gravel Lane. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Only partly bui...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Inn
1) On the west side of the Old Change, at No.17, in Castle Baynard Ward (O. and M. 1677-Lockie, 1816...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Tavern
On the east side of Chancery Lane, with a passage south to Fleet Street (Rocque, 1746).
Site has be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Printing House
In Blackfriars, 1643-4 (L. and P. Chas. I. XIX. p. 12).
Burnt down 1742, but rebuilt and made the c...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Weigh House
See Weigh House, Eastcheap.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Kings Court
North out of Fleet Street at No.150, between Fetter Lane and Shoe Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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king's wood lion
An Ass. Kingswood is famous for the great number of asses kept by the colliers who inhabit that plac...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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king's head inn
The prison of Newgate.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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escheator, the king's
An officer at the exchequer of very ancient establishment, under the lord-treasurer, whose business ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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king's letter men
An extinct class of officers, of similar rank with midshipmen. The royal letter was a kind of promis...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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a hard row to hoe
A metaphor derived from hoeing corn, meaning a difficult matter or job to accomplish.
Gentlemen, I ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Kings, The Books of
The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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King's Arms Coach Office
West out of Bishopsgate Street at 106, north of Thread-needle Street (Lockie, 1810-1816).
Not named...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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The King's Head, Newgate Street
See Queen's Head Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Street, Water Lane
See Pav'd Alley.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Little King's Head Court
Near Shoe Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Mary, King's Chapel of
The king had caused it to be made out of a synagogue of the Jews, and granted to the chaplain Simon ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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New King's Head Court
In Houndsditch, in Portsoken Ward (P.C. 1732).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Three Kings Alley, Minories
See Three King Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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drawing the king's picture
Coining. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Three Hard Court, Creechurch Lane
See Three Herring Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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hard at his a-se
Close after him.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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King's Arms Inn, Snow Hill
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court, Whitecross Street
See King's Arms Yard.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Court, Widegate Street
Out of Widegate Street. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108).
There is a cour...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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King's Head Tavern, Mark Lane
See London Tavern, Mark Lane.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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history of the four kings
or CHILD'S BEST GUIDE TO THE GALLOWS
A pack of cards. He studies the history of the four kings assi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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Kings, First And Second Books Of
originally only one book in the Hebrew canon, from in the LXX. and the Vulgate the third and fourth ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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hard up in a clinch, and no knife to cut the seizing
Overtaken by misfortune, and no means of evading it.
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The Sailor's Word-Book