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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Linsey-woolsy Million (The). The great unwashed. The artisan class, supposed to dress in linsey-woolsy. "Broad cloth" being for the gentry. "Truth needs not, John, the eloquence of oaths: Not more than a decent suit of clothes Requires of broad gold lace th' expensive glare, That makes the linsey-woolsy million stare." Peter Pindar: Silvanus Urban. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 49 4E 53 45 59 2D 57 4F 4F 4C 53 59 4D 49 4C 4C 49 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001001 01001110 01010011 01000101 01011001 00101101 01010111 01001111 01001111 01001100 01010011 01011001 00100000 01001101 01001001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L I N S E Y - W O O L S Y   M I L L I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0049 004E 0053 0045 0059 002D 0057 004F 004F 004C 0053 0059 004D 0049 004C 004C 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46434853395915574949465359247434646434948 |
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