Thursday 27 October 2016

Clerkinwell

Clerkinwell: phrase, slang. This piece of late 19th century slang is fairly easy to explain. Many clerks, whether it be law or store, could be found in Victorian England and to many of these, their profession was so key to defining their identity, that when asked how their day had been, they would customarily reply: "Clerkinwell!" 

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