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Brandy Nan

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Queen Anne, who was very fond of brandy (1664, 1702–1714). On the statue of Queen Anne in St. Paul’s Churchyard a wit wrote—

“Brandy Nan, Brandy Nan, left in the lurch,

Her face to the gin-shop, her back to the church.”

A “gin palace” used to stand at the south corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard.

 

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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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Brahmin
Bramble (Matthew)
Bran
Bran-new or Brand-new
Brand
Brandenburg
Brandimart
Brandon
Brandons
Brandy is Latin for Goose
Brandy Nan
Branghtons (The)
Brank
Brasenose (Oxford)
Brass
Brat
Brave
Bravery
Bravest of the Brave
Brawn
Bray

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