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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dagger Ale

is the ale of the Dagger, a celebrated ordinary in Holborn.

My lawyer's clerk I lighted on last night
In Holborn, at the Dagger.

Ben Jonson: The Alchemist, i. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Dagger-scene in the House of Commons
Dagger
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