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| Brass¹ | Copper coins; and by extension cash of any denomination
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| breeches¹ | The OED says that although "Breeches are distinguished from trousers by coming only just below the knee, dialectally (and humorously) breeches includes trousers.
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| Brimstone |
Alternative name for sulfer, here implying smoke and fire.
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| Britannia¹ | Britain personified as a woman; the figure representing this, depicted wearing a helmet, holding a shield and trident, and usually seated, emblematic of Britain (or England) esp. as an imperial or sea power, or as a symbol of nationalism.
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| broadside¹ | A single sheet with the text printed on one side. Often decorated with woodcut illustrations. Commonly bearing the text of songs - usually without musical notation. Sold cheaply by street vendors and pedlars. Also employed as a medium for articles copied from newspapers, election addresses etc.
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| broker¹ | Broker: One who, for a commission, buys and sells stocks on behalf of clients. [OED].
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| brose(1) | Oatmeal with boiling water added [Dictionary of the Scots Language]
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| broughams¹ |
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| Brown(1) | Copper coin(s).
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| Bruce¹ | Robert the Bruce (1274-1329), King of Scots 1306-1329. led Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England most famous for his viatory at Bannockburn, 1314
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| Brummagem |
Colloquial name for Birmingham mainly used in the midlands of England
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| Brunel¹ | Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (1806–1859) an English mechanical and civil engineer who desingedand oversaw the construction of; amopng other things : the Great Western Railway, the SS Great Western (1838), SS Great Britain (1843) and the SS Great Eastern (1858)
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| bubbing |
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| Bubble¹ | From 17th c. onwards often applied to delusive commercial or financial schemes,
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| buck'd up¹ | Buck up To dress up [OED]
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| bucks |
Buck = A gay, dashing fellow; a dandy, fop, ‘fast’ man. Used also as a form of familiar address. (OED)
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| buffers(1) | Buffer: A mildly denigratory term for a bumbling, elderly person usually of the middle or upper classes. [CPB]
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| buffers(2) | The apparatus for deadening the force of a concussion; as a round plate or cushion (usually supported by a strong spring) fixed in pairs at the front and back of railway carriages or engines, or on the face of a terminal wall of a line of railway. [OED]
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| bugaboo |
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| bull¹ | Bull: One who endeavours by speculative purchases, or otherwise, to raise the price of stocks. Bull was originally a speculative purchase for a rise. (OED)
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