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English
Pronunciation
Noun
draught on the pump at Aldgate (plural draughts on the pump at Aldgate)
- (obsolete, slang) A bad bill of exchange, drawn on persons who have no effects of the drawer.
- Synonym: draught on Aldgate pump
References
- Grose [et al.] (1811) “Draught on the pump at Aldgate”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. , London: C. Chappell, , →OCLC.