Difference between revisions of "Toofarback for messuages"
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* '''two-pair-back and passages:''' a standard rental unit in Dublin tenements, consisting of a single room at the back of a tenement on the second floor ("two pair" refers to the two flights of stairs one must climb in order to reach the apartment) and appropriate access | * '''two-pair-back and passages:''' a standard rental unit in Dublin tenements, consisting of a single room at the back of a tenement on the second floor ("two pair" refers to the two flights of stairs one must climb in order to reach the apartment) and appropriate access | ||
− | ** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 308.08-09: "A nobody, two pair back and passages, at seven shillings a week" | + | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 308.08-09:''' "A nobody, two pair back and passages, at seven shillings a week" |
− | * ''''' | + | * '''farback:''' (''Dublin slang'') a house with two back rooms |
* '''messuage:''' a dwelling house plus the adjacent land and buildings | * '''messuage:''' a dwelling house plus the adjacent land and buildings | ||
− | ** ''[[Ulysses]]'' 665.27: "the messuage to consist of ..." | + | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 665.27:''' "the messuage to consist of ..." |
− | * '''messages''' | + | * '''too far back for messages''' → too far back in the past for messages to reach us today? → or too far back from the road to receive mail? |
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Revision as of 11:23, 10 November 2006
- two-pair-back and passages: a standard rental unit in Dublin tenements, consisting of a single room at the back of a tenement on the second floor ("two pair" refers to the two flights of stairs one must climb in order to reach the apartment) and appropriate access
- Ulysses 308.08-09: "A nobody, two pair back and passages, at seven shillings a week"
- farback: (Dublin slang) a house with two back rooms
- messuage: a dwelling house plus the adjacent land and buildings
- Ulysses 665.27: "the messuage to consist of ..."
- too far back for messages → too far back in the past for messages to reach us today? → or too far back from the road to receive mail?