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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Greenwich Barbers

Retailers of sand; so called because the inhabitants of Greenwich “shave the pits” in the neighbourhood to supply London with sand.

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