subs. phr. (Welsh).—See quot.

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  1886.  J. C. SIKES in Notes and Queries, 7. S. i. 306. A new measure of drink, enough to keep a man tipsy from Saturday to Sunday night, is universally known throughout Wales as a JOHN ROBERTS. It derives its name from the author of the Sunday Closing Act. See Standard, March 11.

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