Oliver Twist (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Charles Dickens [244]
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Large drinking bowl.
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Plague.
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Pawnbroker’s receipt.
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Weak beer.
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London’s largest park, bordered by the wealthy neighborhoods of Kensington and Mayfair.
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An ironic comparison to the Roman goddess of chastity and the hunt.
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Brothels.
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Old ships used as prisons.
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Bridge across the Thames, connecting the City of London to Southwark.
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Main route into London from the north.
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Reticules, or purses.
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Pimping.
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Sign shaped like a pointing hand and indicating direction.
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Popular periodical detailing the lives and trials of notorious criminals.
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Prison.
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A social directory
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Storage cabinet.
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Warriors of Achilles in the Iliad, by Homer; unquestionably obedient followers.
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Muslim.
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Member of a strict Jewish sect; here refers to an overzealous Christian.
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Pressured.
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Salesman of quack medicines and remedies.
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Money.
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A bad painting.
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A reference to syphilitic sores.
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District of warehouses and docks on the south bank of the Thames.
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Convict who had escaped while serving his sentence in the colonies.
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Straitjacket.
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Court hearings at the Old Bailey.
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The railing around the dock in the Old Bailey.
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Head covering donned by British judges when passing a capital sentence.
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Probably epilepsy, although he also appears to have suffered from syphilis.
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Informer.
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Claypole entraps innkeepers by persuading them to sell liquor illegally on Sundays.
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Cattle farmer.