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单词 pepper alley
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Pepper Alley
Pepper Alley n. [ < Pepper Alley, the name of a street in Southwark, London, punningly after 4c, pepper v. 3] Boxing slang Obsolete rough treatment; esp. in allusive phrases, as to pay a visit to Pepper Alley: to receive a severe beating; cf. sense 4c, pepper v. 3.
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to let the sun shine through (oneself)1679
Pepper Alley1820
to stop one1901
1820 Sporting Mag. 7 145 His mug, it was chaffed, had paid a visit to ‘pepper alley’.
1821 Sporting Mag. 7 274/2 It was Pepper Alley on both sides, and neither of the contestants appeared anxious to make any stops.
1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports (Farmer) Sam's nob had been in pepper alley, and his upper crust was rather changed.
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