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Bord Halfpenny

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A toll paid by the Saxons to the lord for the privilege of having a bord or bench at some fair for the sale of articles.

 

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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.

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Boots
Boots
Boots at an Inn
Bootless Errand
Boötes (Bo-o-tees)
Booth
Boozy
Bor (in Norfolk)
Borachio
Borak
Bord Halfpenny
Bordarii
Border (The)
Border Minstrel
Border States (The)
Bordlands
Bordlode
Bore (A)
Bore
Bore (in pugilistic language)
Boreal