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Brewer's: Draft on Aldgate
(A), or A draft on Aldgate pump. A worthless note of hand; a fraudulent draft or money order. The pun is between draft or draught of drink, and draft a money order on a bank.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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