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"jilt shops"

I've been trying to find out what "jilt shops" were. In Googling, all I've found so far are scanning errors in which "gift shop" was mistakenly read as "jilt shop" (or "Hat shop" as "Jilt shop"). Sadly, I don't have access to the Bergen book which is the source of the term in this article. Were jilt shops really a thing, or was the term invented by flawed technology? --Rosekelleher (talk) 18:32, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the excerpt via Google Books. -- M2545 (talk) 19:23, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Aha! Thanks for that. Apparently I need to get better at searching. --Rosekelleher (talk) 19:42, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ann Street in the 19th century

The term "weigh anchor" is used incorrectly; the meaning is exactly opposite to the usage in this section. Fortunately there's a Wikipedia page that gives the correct usage. As a former Navy officer, I suggest the much more nautical "made port" or "came ashore." ☺ Dick Kimball (talk) 16:25, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Dick Kimball: Done. --Rosekelleher (talk) 20:48, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]