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Specialty Expressions: HUGH PERRY

ExpressionsDomainDefinition
Hugh PerryLiterature1: "To save your knuckles time and trouble,
2: (See Prometheans, Vesuvians.)
3: An English perversion of "Euperion," a predecessor of lucifer matches invented by Heurtner, who opened a shop in the Strand, and advertised his invention thus -
4: Use Heurter's Euperion." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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