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Bartholomew Fair
Held in West Smithfield (1133–1855) on St. Bartholomew's
Day.
A Bartholomew doll.
A tawdry, overdressed woman; like a flashy, bespangled doll offered
for sale at Bartholomew Fair.
Bartholomew pig.
A very fat person. At Bartholomew Fair one of the chief attractions
used to be a pig, roasted whole, and sold piping hot. Falstaff calls
himself,
“A little tidy Bartholomew boar-pig.”—2 Henry IV. ii. 4.
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