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1
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Victuals

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Food or provisions for human beings

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Supped

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To take in small mouthfuls

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Pestle

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A tool for pounding are grinding substances in a mortar

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Miasma

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A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

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Bilious

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Suffered from, caused by,or attended by trouble with the bile or liver

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Liebchen

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German for sweetheart

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Demure

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Characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved

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Mangle

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A machine for smoothing oppressing clothes, household Linen

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Almshouse

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A house endowed by private charity for the reception and support of the aged or inform poor

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Pestilence

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A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating

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Dittany

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A Cretan plant, organum dictamnus,of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities

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Jalap

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A twining eastern Mexican vine having tuberous roots that are dried, powdered, and used medically as a cathartic

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Calomel

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A white tasteless powder used as a purgative and a fungicide

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Cajoling

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To persuade by flattery or promises

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Brambles

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A prickly shrub or bush

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Slovenly

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Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

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Destitute

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Without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, or shelter

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Impudence

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The quality of being offensively bold

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Potter’s field

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A place for the burial of unknown or indigent persons

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Wraith

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Something shadowy and insubstantial

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Apothecary

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One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

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Ancien régime

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The Pre-Revolutionary monarchical, aristocrat rule of France

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Barrister

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A lawyer who handles court cases

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Château

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A French aristocrat country home

25
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Conciergerie

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A prison in Paris

26
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Doll

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A disparaging term for women in the 19 century

27
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Flambeau

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A torch

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Fortnight

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Two weeks; fourteen days

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Garret

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An attic room on the top floor of a house or apartment

30
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Guillotine

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I heavy blade held up by two posts which is dropped on the victims neck in order to behead head the victim

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Hackney-coach

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A coach for hire;an older equivalent of a taxi

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Head drawer

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Man in charge of a hotel

33
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Incarceration

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Imprisonment

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Jackal

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An accomplice who assists in menial or slightly disreputable acts.

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Letter de cachet

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Sealed letter, especially from a sovereign, often ordering arbitrary imprisonment

36
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Mail-coach

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For the introduction of railways there are two types of coaches on English roads, the mail coach, and the stagecoach. The mail coaches were subsidized by the post office, whereas stagecoaches were privately owned.

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Quid

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Slang for British pound (British currency)

38
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Miller

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A man who’s profession is to grind wheat. Millers are usually portrayed as all white because they are covered in flour

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Old Bailey

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The Old Bailey court, the central court where criminals were prosecuted

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Like

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A long spear

41
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Postillion

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Man who rides the near horse of the leaders to guide you he horses drawing a coach

42
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Punch

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A spiced fruit beverage with an alcoholic base

43
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Quartering

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An antiquated punishment for criminals involving dismembering them into four parts

44
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Resurrecting-Man

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A person who digs up dead bodies to sell parts of them to scientists

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Saint Antoine

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A district of Paris very active in the revolution, especially in the storming of the Bastille

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Scrivener

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Scribe or copier

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Shoe

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Type of brakes under a carriage

48
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Snuff

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Powdered tobacco inhaled through the nose

49
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Soliciter

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A lawyer who handles wills and estates and most matters not involving a court

50
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Spectre

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A ghost or apparition

51
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Temple Bar

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A London landmark located near Tellson’s bank

52
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Tower of London

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The state prison in London

53
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Tumbrill

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A crude two-wheeled cart and used to carry prisoners to be executed in the French Revolution

54
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Turnkey

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A jailor

55
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Versailles

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A city southwest of Paris known for the opulent French royal palace built for King Louis XIV

56
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Ward

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Someone for whom someone else has responsibility, especially financially.

57
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Whitefriars

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In Dickens’s time, a disreputable district of London

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Wood-Sawyer

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A man who chops wood

59
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Dosed

A

To treat with application or agent

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