Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. First-class Hard Labour.

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


First-class Hard Labour.

Under this sentence, the prisoner sleeps on a plank bed without a mattress, and spends six or eight hours a day turning a hard crank, or treading a wheel. (See SECOND-CLASS HARD LABOUR.)	1

Firm as a Rock.

First-fruits.

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