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Literature | Death's Head on a Mopstick A thin, sickly person, a mere anatomy, is so called. When practical jokes were more common it was by no means unusual to mount on a mopstick a turnip with holes for eyes, and a candle inside, to scare travellers at night time. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 41 54 48 27 53 48 45 41 44 4F 4E 41 4D 4F 50 53 54 49 43 4B |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01000001 01010100 01001000 00100111 01010011 00100000 01001000 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01001111 01001110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010000 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01001011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E A T H ' S   H E A D   O N   A   M O P S T I C K |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0041 0054 0048 0027 0053 0048 0045 0041 0044 004F 004E 0041 004D 004F 0050 0053 0054 0049 0043 004B |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38393554429532423935382494823524749505354433745 |
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