| 词汇 | billies and charlies |
| 词源 | Billies and Charlies. Collectors will still pay premium prices for genuine Billies and Charlies, even though they are fake his- torical objects. They are named for antique dealers William (Billy) Smith and Charles (Charlie) Eaton, who manufactured bogus medieval articles from 1847 to 1858, planting them around London and then “discovering” them in excavations. |
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