Note 2 — THACKERAY (II)
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He was remarkable for height and bulk: a lumbering, unathletic figure with a slouch. One day being at a fair with his friend “Big Higgins” (Jacob Omnium) they approached a booth and Higgins felt in his pockets for small change. “Oh!” said Thackeray, “they’ll pass us in free, as two of the profession.”