Word: saleratus
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Dates: during 1882-1882
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...wash-rag all to himself; and then Phillpot has been strongly impressed by the portrait of Mrs. Butterfield over the mantel-piece in the spare-room and had taken pains to speak of it in the hearing of Mrs. Butterfield, who had taken more than usual pains with her saleratus biscuits and coffee, and the Rev. Jenkyns Phillpot had been more than usually "thankful for what we are about to receive...
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