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- 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
- The city clocks had only just gone three, but it was quite dark already — it had not been light all day — and candles were flaring in the windows of the neighbouring offices, like ruddy smears upon the palpable brown air.
- He had so heated himself with rapid walking in the fog and frost, this nephew of Scrooge's, that he was all in a glow; his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again.
- The brightness of the shops where holly sprigs and berries crackled in the lamp heat of the windows, made pale faces ruddy as they passed.
- mid-1900s — Bamforth postcard
- Has baby got his wind up yet? / Yes — and the wind's brought on a ruddy great cloud burst!