Doblin

Alfred
[ahl-freyt] /ˈɑl freɪt/ (Show IPA), 1878–1957, German physician and novelist.
Historical Examples

News that’ll shake England, aye, and doblin too, to its foundations.
The Secret Service Submarine Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

It’s a barrister’s throat I have—I caught it waiting for briefs in me chambers at doblin.’
Grey Roses Henry Harland

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