Queen's Pipe(The). An oven at the Victoria Docks for destroying (by the Inland Revenue authorities) refuse and worthless tobacco. In 1892 the oven was replaced by a furnace. In the Queen's Warehouse, near the Monument, is a smaller pipe for the destruction of contraband articles. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Queen's Pipe from Infoplease:
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