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| Zoedone |
A patent medicine. A chemical teetotal drink containing phosphates and iron that the manufacturers claimed improved the drinkers brain power. http://chestofbooks.com/food/beverages/Drinks-Of-The-World/Aerated-Drinks-Part-3.html
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| zooks¹ | An exclamation or minced oath, expressing vexation, surprise, or other emotion. Short for Gadzooks [OED]
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| Zounds | God's wounds. Used in oaths and asseverations [OED]
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| ^hook |
A harvester's hook
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| ^scab | A workman who refuses to join an organised movement on behalf of his trade; in extended uses: a person who refuses to join a strike or who takes over the work of a striker; a blackleg; a strike-breaker [OED]
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| ^slop | Policeman
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