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After parting from Tim Hagan Young Dick spent a busy hour or so looking up one, Marcovich, a Slavonian schoolmate whose father ran a chop-house in which was reputed to be served the finest twenty-cent meal in the city.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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Council, but he had stopped at a chop-house with her, on the way home, and treated her to oysters.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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Not only had he met Mary Condon at the Central Labor Council, but he had stopped in at a chop-house with her, on the way home, and treated her to oysters.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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I was still no nearer finding the consul, and the constable. had given me a scare, so after a shave and brush-up and a hearty steak and eggs at a chop-house, I looked for a fellow-countryman - and the sure way to do that in America in those days was to find a Catholic church.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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On 9 December 1710, Swift set out at ten oclock to the Tower, and saw the lions; then to Bedlam; then dined at the chop-house behind the Exchange; and concluded the night at the Puppet Show.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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On 9 December 1710, Swift set out at ten oclock to the Tower, and saw the lions; then to Bedlam; then dined at the chop-house behind the Exchange; and concluded the night at the Puppet Show.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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On 9 December 1710, Swift set out at ten oclock to the Tower, and saw the lions; then to Bedlam; then dined at the chop-house behind the Exchange; and concluded the night at the Puppet Show.
Bedlam Catharine Arnold 2008
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This she did cleverly, and they were not put out; because they were to dine at his expense at a snug little chop-house in Parliament Street, and there to remain until he came to pay the score.
Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004
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It was little more than an excellent chop-house of the older American order.
An American Tragedy 2004
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The fug, the warm meaty smell of the City chop-house, had suddenly become intolerable.
The Years 2004
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