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GEORGE A' GREEN

Specialty Definition: GEORGE A' GREEN

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George a' Green As good as George a' Green. Resolute-minded; one who will do his duty come what may. George a' Green was the famous pinder or pound-keeper of Wakefield, who resisted Robin Hood, Will Scarlett, and Little John single-handed when they attempted to commit a trespass in Wakefield.
"Were ye bold as George-a-Green,
I shall make bold to turn again."
Samuel Butler: Hudibras. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: GEORGE A' GREEN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-a-e-e-e-e-g-g-g-n-o-r-r"

-4 letters: greengage.

-5 letters: greegree, reengage.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: GEORGE A' GREEN


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 45 4F 52 47 45      41 27      47 52 45 45 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01000101 01001111 01010010 01000111 01000101 00100000 01000001 00100111 00100000 01000111 01010010 01000101 01000101 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#69 &#79 &#82 &#71 &#69 &#32 &#65 &#39 &#32 &#71 &#82 &#69 &#69 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0045 004F 0052 0047 0045      0041 0027      0047 0052 0045 0045 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

413949524139235924152393948

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