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Johnson’s London Dictionary: Boris Bike

BORIS BIKE (n.) Unweadly machine designed to impede motorists when doth riden by tourists, the nomenclature derived from its cumbersome proposer

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Johnson’s London Dictionary: Knowledge, The

KNOWLEDGE, THE (n.) An accumulation of local information which doth give one granted the illusion of superior powers and wisdom

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Johnson’s London Dictionary: Mini-Cab

MINI-CAB (n.) A Sedan with oriental provenance of indeterminate age used to convey the Inebriated by its Driver whose paucity of English is matched only by his geographical knowledge

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Johnson’s London Dictionary: Cabbie

CABBIE (n.) (colloq.) Erudite Fellow much given to express anti-Whig opinion who upon exchange of monies will, by Hansom carriage, convey a Person within London’s northern environs

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Johnson’s London Dictionary: City Hall

CITY HALL (v.) (n.) Building designed to resemble a male testicle, doth reflekting the publick’s view of the occupants

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