glove-cleaners

Updated: June 29, 2025

"Have you any idea who cleaned them?" says I. "Not at all," says he; "I've a very distinct idea who DIDN'T clean 'em, and that's myself. But I'll tell you what, Wield, there ain't above eight or nine reg'lar glove-cleaners in London," there were not, at that time, it seems "and I think I can give you their addresses, and you may find out, by that means, who did clean 'em."

Charles Dickens - Reprinted Pieces