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Traitorsʹ Bridge

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A loyal heart may be landed under Traitorsʹ Bridge. Traitor’s Bridge, in the Tower, was the way by which persons charged with high treason entered that State prison.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.