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 J. (In Punch).Jaafer. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
J. J.
 
(In Hogarth’s Gin Lane, written on a gibbet), is intended for Sir Joseph Jekyll, obnoxious for his bill for increasing the duty on gin.   1
 


 J. (In Punch).Jaafer. 

 
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