Word: shagreen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wardens of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Apothecaries, to which no less an "apothecary" than famed poet John Keats once belonged. Gravely they sought out the Prince at York House, and created him the first honorary member of their society. Gravely they placed in his hands a handsome shagreen* and silver case, containing the diploma which confers upon him the right to minister to his father's subjects throughout the entire course of their lives. Gravely the apothecaries departed and were succeeded by the gods of awful mirth...
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