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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Commodity of Brown Paper (A). Rubbish served as make-weight; worthless stock; goods palmed off on the inexperienced. In most auctions the buyer of a lot has a fair share of the commodity of brown paper. Rubbish given to supplement a loan. "Here's young Master Rash! he's in for a commodity of brown paper and old ginger, nine-score and seventeen pounds [i.e. 197, a part of the advance being old ginger and brown paper]."- Shakespeare: Measure for Measure, iv. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4F 4D 4D 4F 44 49 54 59 4F 46 42 52 4F 57 4E 50 41 50 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001111 01001101 01001101 01001111 01000100 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01000010 01010010 01001111 01010111 01001110 00100000 01010000 01000001 01010000 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C O M M O D I T Y   O F   B R O W N   P A P E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004F 004D 004D 004F 0044 0049 0054 0059 004F 0046 0042 0052 004F 0057 004E 0050 0041 0050 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)374947474938435459249402365249574825035503952 |
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