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Date "DOGGET" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DOGGET
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| Literature | Dogget Dogget's coat and badge. The first prize in the Thames rowing-match, given on the 1st of August every year. So called from Thomas Dogget, an actor of Drury Lane, who signalised the accession of George I. to the throne by giving a waterman's coat and badge to the winner of the race. The Fishmongers' Company add a guinea to the prize. The race is from the "Swan" at London Bridge to the "Swan" at Chelsea. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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