draught on the pump at Aldgate

English

Noun

draught on the pump at Aldgate (plural draughts on the pump at Aldgate)

  1. (obsolete, slang) A bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of the drawer.

References
  • [Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811), “Draught on the pump at Aldgate”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. […], London: Printed for C. Chappell, […], OCLC 23927885.
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