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Dr Inkbottle


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Mr William Frith, was surgeon to the Loyal Independent Sheffield Volunteers.

." The nickname of " Dr. Inkbottle" was conferred on Mr. Frith because on the occasion of a public dinner at the Tontine he so far forgot himself as to carry away a bottle, supposing it to contain wine. It proved, however, to be a bottle of ink, and the do~or's chagrin was perpetuated in a cognomen which never left him.

From 'REMINISCENCES OF SHEFFIELD by R. E. LEADER' CHAPTER 09 - DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND PARSONS

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