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The Vulgar Tongue on Nostr: GREENWICH BARBERS. Retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, in Kent: ...

GREENWICH BARBERS. Retailers of sand from the pits at and about Greenwich, in Kent: perhaps they are styled barbers, from their constant shaving the sandbanks.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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