subs. phr. (old).—See quot.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. LARRY DUGAN’S EYE-WATER, blacking. Larry Dugan was a famous shoe-black at Dublin.

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  1811.  GROSE and CLARKE, Lexicon Balatronicum, s.v.

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