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Barbican Centre

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Barbican Centre
Silk Street - London
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51.51989589999999 -0.09169040000006135

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Silk Street
London


EC2Y 8DS
United Kingdom


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    • Flash Fiction Creative Writing Walkshop - Crusoe300 - 27/04/2019 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    • Autumn Colours creative writing walkshop - 26/10/2019 - 10:00 am - 1:30 pm

    This entry was posted on March 22, 2019 by Andrew Stuck.

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    Slape

    To ‘slape’ off…slippery, also from Icelandic – to become fee, to escape, to get off.
    It is thought possible that the Yorkshire dialect forms had the early meaning ‘to slip away’. Also in Yorkshire – slape ale is a free ale or a beer bought for you by someone else.

    Submitted by: Karen Smith

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