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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Lincolnshire Bagpipes The croaking of frogs in the Lincolnshire fens. We have Cambridgeshire nightingales, meaning frogs; fen nightingales, the Liège nightingale. In a somewhat similar way asses are called "Arcadian nightingales." "Melancholy as ... the drone of a Lincolnshire bagpipe."- Shakespeare: 1 Hen. IV., i. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 49 4E 43 4F 4C 4E 53 48 49 52 45 42 41 47 50 49 50 45 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001001 01001110 01000011 01001111 01001100 01001110 01010011 01001000 01001001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000010 01000001 01000111 01010000 01001001 01010000 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L I N C O L N S H I R E   B A G P I P E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0049 004E 0043 004F 004C 004E 0053 0048 0049 0052 0045 0042 0041 0047 0050 0049 0050 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46434837494648534243523923635415043503953 |
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