(thing) by Vulgar Tongue 1811 Mon May 09 2005 at 16:49:09
temple pickling

Pumping a bailiff ; a punishment formerly administered to any of that fraternity caught exercising their functions within the limits of Temple.

The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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