6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWAGSHOP»
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swagshop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
swagshop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Swagshop, a warehouse where “Brummagem” and general wares, fancy trinkets,
plated goods, &c., are sold. Jews are the general proprietors; and the goods are
very lowpriced, trashy, and showy. Swagshops were formerly plunder depôts.
John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce, 2014
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English Language Word Builder
... SUBCAUSE SUBDWARF SUBIMAGO SUBSHAFT SUBTILIN SUIVANTE
SUNSCALD SUPERLOO SWAGSHOP SWEETSOP SYMPLOCE TABOULEH
TAILCOAT TAMANOIR TAPACULO TARBOOSH+ TEABREAD TELESALE
TENOTOMY+ ...
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Cahiers Victoriens & Édouardiens
As regards what is wearable... such things as braces, garters, etc. form a portion
of the stock of the swagshop."86 'Slaughterers' are retailers (owning 'slaughter-
houses'), 'swag-shops' sell wholesale "all...low-priced metal things, fancy goods..
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The anti-society: an account of the Victorian underworld
... buzzer handkerchief thief stretch twelve months jail sentence suck-crib beer
shop swag goods, stolen property; cheap manufactured articles, pedlar's and
cheap j acks' stock ( swagshop = warehouse supplying such stores) tail prostitute
tatts ...
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Chambers English-Hindi Dictionary
(slang) íí>T%T<=r, ЧТЗТК, 5T5STT; ni. swagger-cane, swagger-stick (ifät) ®f(;
swagger-coat çfTT-itî; swaggerer ЗР£?ТГЗГ, $T# TTRT TMT; ns. swagman 4T£?ft
ТШ; swagshop iTTff^TTT swage Л. SOTT; v. f. 5«TT cTITRT; _(ТЩ- ЩЩ it) 5ti-4Tï
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Sureśa Avasthī, Indujā Avasthī, 1981
“Did they get much from Maidenhead?” “A lot of silver, jewels; they do say there
was coin and paper worth one thousandpound also.” “And it was recovered by
the police at Bland's swagshop?" ' 'The lot. When the case came up, it only took
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