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WALKING UP AGAINST THE WALL

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Slang in 1811

WALKING UP AGAINST THE WALL. To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: WALKING UP AGAINST THE WALL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 41 4C 4B 49 4E 47      55 50      41 47 41 49 4E 53 54      54 48 45      57 41 4C 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010111 01000001 01001100 01001011 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010101 01010000 00100000 01000001 01000111 01000001 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010100 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010111 01000001 01001100 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#65 &#76 &#75 &#73 &#78 &#71 &#32 &#85 &#80 &#32 &#65 &#71 &#65 &#73 &#78 &#83 &#84 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#87 &#65 &#76 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0041 004C 004B 0049 004E 0047      0055 0050      0041 0047 0041 0049 004E 0053 0054      0054 0048 0045      0057 0041 004C 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

57354645434841255502354135434853542544239257354646

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