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vanishedone commented on the word silver lady
'An epithet applied to Miss Elizabeth Baxter (d. 1972), philanthropist, from her custom of giving silver coins to the down-and-outs of the Embankment in London, used attrib. to describe a charitable organization (and its appurtenances) which distributes food and hot drinks to vagrants' (O.E.D.).
January 11, 2009