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Vinʹtry Ward. (London)

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So called from the Vintry, or part occupied by the Vintners or wine-merchants from Bordeaux, who anciently settled on this part of the Thamesʹ bank. They landed their wines here, and, till the 28th Edw. I., were obliged to sell what they landed within forty days.

 

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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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