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PIERCE EGAN

Pierce Egan was a British journalist. He was born in 1772 and died in 1849. He spent his life reporting races, prize-fights, cock-fights, cricket matches, trials and executions. He achieved great popularity as the author of a series of sketches describing London amusements in Regency times and entitled 'Life in London: or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq., and his elegant friend, Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis' which was issued in monthly parts from 1821 and illustrated by IR and G Cruikshank.
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OXON

OXON is an abbreviation for Oxonian
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OXONIAN

The Oxonian is a type of shoe with a buttoned instep.
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