Bovril

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  • The first light on what was fast becoming the inexplicable arrived when plain-clothes man Downing, who had been left on guard outside the studio, caught Lisa in the act of rinsing out the cup from which Mrs Potter had drunk her midday Bovril, after he had observed the old Italian woman retrieve it surreptitiously from a clump of spear-grass in the flower-bed. —  Death of a Ghost - Margery Allingham - Campion 06
  • Mother was always conscious of electricity costs and later compared the number of lights left burning in my home to Blackpool's famous illuminations Breakfast was usually bread and Bovril, and I also ate meals at neighbours' houses.
  • Sheila was taking it off the stove to make the Bovril, when Wimsey became aware of a hand on his coat-collar. —  The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Dorothy L Sayers
  • (Barry the Time Sprout can't drink a pint of Bovril, Tue 3 Feb, 15: 32, Reply) haha, brilliant —  B3ta
  • (Barry the Time Sprout can't drink a pint of Bovril, Tue 3 Feb, 15: 18, Reply) winner!!! clicks and clicks —  B3ta
 

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