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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Drinking at Freeman's Quay

that is, drinking gratis. At one time, all porters and carmen calling at Freeman's Quay, near London Bridge, had a pot of beer given them gratis.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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