Timeline for What does "gin-and-water reporter" mean?
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| Apr 30, 2014 at 16:20 | vote | accept | Marcus Bitzl | ||
| Apr 29, 2014 at 22:22 | comment | added | Colin Fine | The phrase occurs 11 times in Oliver Twist: one is the dying midwife, three are Fagin's gang, and the rest are all Mr Bumble. | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 21:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/461248682772688896 | ||
| Apr 29, 2014 at 20:38 | answer | added | Grumpy ol' Bear | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 20:10 | comment | added | Colin Fine | I think that gin and water was the drink of the poor (I recall it in Oliver Twist. This is contrasted with the "extremely well-advantaged". | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 18:25 | answer | added | James | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 17:00 | comment | added | Jacob Mattison | I'm not sure what is meant, but I'll include the quote: "Mallory, having met more that his share of gin-and-water reporters, hacks pursuing wide-eyed articles on the great Leviathan, registered a faint twinge of anxiety; this fellow evinced the smooth self-possession of the extremely well-advantaged. | |
| Apr 29, 2014 at 16:43 | history | asked | Marcus Bitzl | CC BY-SA 3.0 |