Punch, Volume 240Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman Punch Publications Limited, 1961 - English wit and humor |
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... means cheating , getting some- thing on the side , not major crime but mean dishonesty . Yet the Oxford Dictionary gives this meaning to the word as far back as 1604 and one wonders whether Fiddlers ' Row didn't originally mean dens of ...
... means cheating , getting some- thing on the side , not major crime but mean dishonesty . Yet the Oxford Dictionary gives this meaning to the word as far back as 1604 and one wonders whether Fiddlers ' Row didn't originally mean dens of ...
Page 264
... means he baths and shaves every day without being asked , cajoled , shouted at , implored , or as a last resort ... mean , what have I done to my face ? Haven't you seen this new pale lipstick before ? " Man's Fancy ... she never eats a ...
... means he baths and shaves every day without being asked , cajoled , shouted at , implored , or as a last resort ... mean , what have I done to my face ? Haven't you seen this new pale lipstick before ? " Man's Fancy ... she never eats a ...
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... mean is , you get in that position , you have a duty to your public . Trouble is , these days , you don't know whether people are footballers or showbiz - like Elizabeth Barnett always says ' Am I right in thinking you ' ave something ...
... mean is , you get in that position , you have a duty to your public . Trouble is , these days , you don't know whether people are footballers or showbiz - like Elizabeth Barnett always says ' Am I right in thinking you ' ave something ...
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