Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Queen’s Pipe (The).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


*Queen’s Pipe (The).*

An oven at the Victoria Docks for destroying (by the Inland Revenue authorities) refuse and worthless tobacco. In 1892 the oven was replaced by a furnace.	1
In the Queen’s Warehouse, near the Monument, is a smaller pipe for the destruction of contraband articles.	2

Queen’s Heads.

Queen’s Ware.

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