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* '''Mecklenburgh:''' a county in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775 | * '''Mecklenburgh:''' a county in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775 | ||
| − | * | + | * '''Mecklenburg-Strelitz:''' the mother of King William IV (who appears on [[Page 31]]) was Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of George III |
* '''burka:''' a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → [[derryjellybies]] | * '''burka:''' a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → [[derryjellybies]] | ||
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*'''berk:''' an idiot | *'''berk:''' an idiot | ||
| − | *'''Burke and Hare:''' grave robbers and | + | *'''Burke and Hare:''' grave robbers and murderers |
| − | *'''Edmund Burke:''' | + | *'''Edmund Burke:''' Irish politician of the 18th century, a supporter of the Tories; he denounced the French Revolution |
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- Mecklenburgh Street: a street on Dublin's northside, the centre of the city's redlight district in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries; formerly known as Great Martin's Lane, in 1765 it was renamed Mecklenburgh Street; in 1887 the name of one section of the street was changed to Tyrone Street (a vain attempt to rid the street of its unsavoury reputation); finally Tyrone Street became Railway Street; Bella Cohen's brothel, in which much of Circe – Ulysses, Chapter 15 – is set, was No. 82 Tyrone Street
- Mecklenburg: a duchy in northern Germany
- Mecklenburgh: a county in North Carolina; the first declaration of independence in the USA was made there on 20 May 1775
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz: the mother of King William IV (who appears on Page 31) was Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, consort of George III
- burka: a loose garment, with veiled eyeholes, covering the whole body, worn in public by Muslim women → derryjellybies
- berk: an idiot
- Burke and Hare: grave robbers and murderers
- Edmund Burke: Irish politician of the 18th century, a supporter of the Tories; he denounced the French Revolution
