Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
jewel-house .
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He had bound and wounded Edwards, the keeper of the jewel-office, and had gotten out of the Tower with his prey; but was overtaken and seized, with some of his associates.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II. David Hume 1743
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