subs. (thieves’).—The treadmill. For synonyms, see WHEEL OF LIFE.

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  1851–61.  H. MAYHEW, London Labour and the London Poor, vol. i., p. 300. Why we should be very soon taking reg’lar exercise on Colonel Chesterton’s EVERLASTING STAIRCASE. We has a great respect for the law—O, certainly!

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  1874.  H. MAYHEW, London Characters, p. 349. I had ‘done’ my quarter of an hour on the EVERLASTING STAIRCASE (treadmill).

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