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Specialty Expressions: BILLY BARLOW

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Billy BarlowLiterature1: A street droll, a merry Andrew; so called from a half-idiot of the name, who fancied himself "some great personage." He was well known in the East of London, and died in Whitechapel workhouse. Some of his
2: Sayings were really witty, and some of his attitudes really droll. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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