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 Garratt (g hard).Garrot’e or Garotte (2 syl., g hard) 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Garraway’s,
 
i.e. Garraway’s coffee-house, in Exchange Alley. It existed for 216 years, and here tea was sold, in 1657, for 16s. up to 50s. a pound. The house no longer exists.   1
 


 Garratt (g hard).Garrot’e or Garotte (2 syl., g hard) 

 
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