Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Kent-street ejectment
subs. phr. (old).—See quot.
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1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. To take away the street door, a method practised by the landlords in KENT-ST., Southwark, when their tenants are above a fortnight’s rent in arrear.
