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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Alderman (An).
 
A cant term for half-a-crown. An alderman as chief magistrate is half a king in his own ward; and half a crown is half a king.   1
 


 Alderman (An).Aldgate Pump. 

 
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