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The landlady of the kiddleywink was a kind and motherly soul, and treated me with much sympathy, for she saw I was in trouble, and when I told her that I should not go to the bedroom with Eli, she prepared a bed for me on the window-seat, and left a candle burning for me.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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I waited for some few minutes in a state of indecision, then it occurred to me that I had better find an inn, so that I might leave Eli in a place of safety, and on looking round I quickly found a kiddleywink.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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Helston road until he came to a little beer-house, or as the folks called it a kiddleywink, which he entered.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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When I had arrived at the door of this kiddleywink, I was at a loss what to do, neither could I make out why he had come here.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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Presently, however, I saw that one of the men was the officer to whom Israel Barnicoat had spoken in the kiddleywink.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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Eli had that morning paid the landlady at the kiddleywink at Mawgan for our food and lodgings.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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"Down to the left, past the kiddleywink," came an answering cry.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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Then he left me, and I went away toward the kiddleywink like one dazed.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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These and many more phantoms appeared to me until, with a cry of anguish, I rushed back to the kiddleywink again.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
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"He's destroyed the trade of Jemmy Crowle, who do kip a kiddleywink over to Zennor.
The Birthright Joseph Hocking 1898
sionnach commented on the word kiddleywink
a beer shop or lowly public house
April 14, 2008
sionnach commented on the word kiddleywink
This is probably where nefarious characters like skinnymalinks the barber hang out.
April 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word kiddleywink
Or the Skeezicks, from Uncle Wiggly.
April 15, 2008