/ · 1894 Brewer’s · H · Hoare
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(37, Fleet Street, London). The golden bottle over the fanlight is said to contain the half-crown with which James Hoare started in business.
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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.
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