No-Dopery Riots
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Those of Edinburgh and Glasgow, February 5th, 1779, and those of London instigated by Lord George Gordon, of 1780. A stirring account of these is given in Dickens' s Barnaby Rudge.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “No-Dopery Riots” mean?
Those of Edinburgh and Glasgow, February 5th, 1779, and those of London instigated by Lord George Gordon, of 1780. A stirring account of these is given in Dickens' s Barnaby Rudge.
Is “No-Dopery Riots” formal or informal?
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