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| packet¹ | A boat or ship travelling at regular intervals between two ports, originally for the conveyance of mail, later also of goods and passengers; a mail boat [OED]
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| Paddy's Market | Paddy's Market: A market in Glasgow popular with Irish immigrants.
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| page¹ | A low-ranking servant (usually a boy), especially one employed as an assistant or apprentice to a more experienced servant. [OED]
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| Paid-up_shares¹ | Fully paid shares. The shares which are of real value.
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| painter(1) | A short rope or chain by which the shank of an anchor is held fast to a ship's side when not in use [OED]
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| Pall Mall | A street in central London where several clubs for rich, mainly aristocratic, men were established in the early 19th century. [Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pall_Mall,_London]
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| Pall¹ | To grow weak or faint; to lose strength, courage, vitality, etc.; to fail, fall away [OED].
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| palmerston¹ | Temple, Henry John, third Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865) Holder of various senior govenrment posts between 1830 and 1859. Prime minister 1855-1858
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| pantaloons² | Trousers, breeches, or drawers. [OED]
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| pantaloon¹ | Originally a character from the Italian commedia dell'arte representing authority and the older generation, Later: in English harlequinade from the late 18th centuary a similar character who is the father, guardian, or elderly suitor of the heroine (Columbine), and the frequent butt of the Clown's jokes [OED]
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| pants¹ | Pant: A public fountain, cistern, or well; esp. a stone or iron construction with a spout, from which water is drawn. [OED]
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| paraties | [OED]
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| parities | Those of equality of rank, status, or treatment [OED]
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| Parities | Those of equality of rank, status, or treatment [OED] |
| parliamentary_trains¹ | Railway Regulation Act 1844, compelled "the provision of at least one train a day each way at a speed of not less than 12 miles an hour including stops, which were to be made at all stations, and of carriages protected from the weather and provided with seats; for all which luxuries not more than a penny a mile might be charged". It enabled poorer people to travel for work. [i] These trains became known as 'Parliamentary Trains' Reference:
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| parlour_ballad¹ | Parlour Ballad : A song sung by the middle class in their own homes. Often sentimental, chauvinistic, or moralistic in tone.
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| Parry¹ | William Edward Parry (1790-1855) British naval officer and Arctic explorer. In 1827 he attempted one of the earliest expeditions to the North Pole.
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| paviour¹ | Paviour: A person who lays paving [OED]
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| pavours(1) | Paving stones
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