DCHP-3

John Company

Slang
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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Quotations

1870

John Company once owned a very large firm
Extending from sea to sea,
Where he drove his own curs, and traded in furs--
A very rich man was he, was he
A monopolist was he.
1963
John Company is still--like Johnny Walker--going strong, and the old class guides are getting fewer.