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  • noun Plural form of blackfriar.

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  • Someone suggested the river, and six lengths of line were quickly got, and amid the howls of mingled execrations, and the notes of a fiendish joy, the three heads and three trunks were dragged down to the blackfriars end of the embankment.

    The Mark of the Beast Sidney Watson

  • For the play given "at the blackfriars the 23 of Aprill for the queene" (presumably the general public was excluded) only the usual

    Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration Joseph Quincy Adams 1913

  • We had about a barrow load of grit put around every tree along blackfriars which now that the snow and ice has gone is providing dog owners with convenient open air litter boxes.

    London SE1 community website Zoe 2010

  • Book-Keeping home learning direct. career development courses in book-keeping. blackfriars advice centre. south london, north and west london, east london. intelligence and solutions business unit has an immediate opening for a finance assistant in our tucson, az office. job description: responsible for ....

    The Guardian World News Ruth Sunderland 2009

  • Up to £90,000 plus bonus and benefits. blackfriars advice centre. south london, north and west london, east london.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • I was two blocks over and still wound up walking home from the middle of blackfriars more nights than not.

    Balloon Juice 2009

  • London blackfriars railway station. jpg | London blackfriars railway station

    Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008

  • Her dogs were/are such gentle lovely animals and this is very sad. there is a guy who walks his 2 dogs at least 3-4 times per day from where ever he lives to the offie on the corner of blackfriars rd/webber st. never on a lease, the dogs walk in the shop if they want. i'm pretty damm sure that this is not ok, yet no one says a thing. im starting to wonder and also getting pissed off as my missus is scared of dogs and has been cornered by these 2 mutts and their idiot owner at least 3 times now.n. ot happy and im sure my bark will be worse than their bite

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • Her dogs were/are such gentle lovely animals and this is very sad. there is a guy who walks his 2 dogs at least 3-4 times per day from where ever he lives to the offie on the corner of blackfriars rd/webber st. never on a lease, the dogs walk in the shop if they want. i'm pretty damm sure that this is not ok, yet no one says a thing. im starting to wonder and also getting pissed off as my missus is scared of dogs and has been cornered by these 2 mutts and their idiot owner at least 3 times now.n. ot happy and im sure my bark will be worse than their bite

    London SE1 community website 2010

  • Her dogs were/are such gentle lovely animals and this is very sad. there is a guy who walks his 2 dogs at least 3-4 times per day from where ever he lives to the offie on the corner of blackfriars rd/webber st. never on a lease, the dogs walk in the shop if they want. i'm pretty damm sure that this is not ok, yet no one says a thing. im starting to wonder and also getting pissed off as my missus is scared of dogs and has been cornered by these 2 mutts and their idiot owner at least 3 times now.n. ot happy and im sure my bark will be worse than their bite

    London SE1 community website Beankyu 2010

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