Brick-and-mortar Franchise.

A Chartist phrase for the £10 household system, now abolished.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Bretwalda (ruler of Britain)
Brevet Rank
Breviary
Brew
Brewer
Briareos or Ægeon
Briar-root Pipe
Briboci
Bric-à-brac
Brick
Brick-and-mortar Franchise
Brickdusts
Brick-tea
Bride
Bride Cake
Bride or Wedding Favours
Bride of Abydos
Bride of Lammermoor
Bride of the Sea
Bridegroom
Bridegroom’s Men