“A duty of fourpence [in the pound] paid annually by housekeepers or their landlords, for the drums, colours [trophies], etc., of the companies or regiments of militia.” (Dr. Scott’s Bailey’s Dictionary.)
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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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