hist-games: link-boys

[Alexx S Kay]

I know from Dickens that a "link" is a candle or small torch-like object 
used to light one's way in the dark.  Presumably, a "link-boy" carries
one of these to help customers find their way home.

Alexx Kay
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      -- Thant Tessman

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