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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Paddington Fair.
 
A public execution. Tyburn, where executions formerly took place, is in the parish of Paddington. Public executions were abolished in 1868.   1
 


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