Citation - Independent Gazeteer: 1782.09.21

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Index Entry Lyric, narrative [beg] To turn the penny, once, a wit 
Location Philadelphia 
Citation
IG.782.057
21 Sep 1782:41 (25)
To turn the penny, once, a wit, 
Upon a curious fancy hit;
Hung out a board, on which he boasted, 
Dinner for three-pence, boil'd and roast'd!
. . . [8 more lines on the trick of roasted and boiled
potatoes for dinner.]


Generic Title Independent Gazeteer 
Date 1782.09.21 
Publisher Oswald, E[leazer] 
City, State Philadelphia, PA 
Year 1782 
Bibliography B0018004
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