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At present, the fights are between the apple-women and the dogberries, respecting the legal tenure of stalls: "Bess Hoy first found it troublesome to bawl, And therefore plac'd her cherries on a stall."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829 by Various