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 Greenlandman’s Galley.Greenwich Barbers. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Greenwich
 
is the Saxon Grenë-wic (green village), formerly called Grenawic, and in old Latin authors “Grenoviam viridis.” Some think it is a compound of grian-wic (the sun city).   1
 


 Greenlandman’s Galley.Greenwich Barbers. 

 
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