Vulgar words in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 - Volume 18, New Series, August 21, 1852 (Page 1)
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The old maid herself was poor; and she, too, used to do her marketing on the basket principle; carrying home, generally at night, odd scraps from the open stalls in Tottenham Court-Road, which she had picked up as bargains; and dividing equally between herself and her fagged servant-of-all-work the wretched meal which would not have been too ample for one.