‟more or less”
Posted: 02:20 Wed 15 Apr 2009
What is meant by the italicised more or less?The auction catalogue wrote:The Remaining Contents of White Lodge, Richmond Park ! will be sold at auction by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods ! on Tuesday November 8, 1938 !
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203 Three dozen Bottles of Champagne, Veuve-Cliquot, 1919 Brut
204 Two dozen ditto more or less
205 Four dozen Bottles of Champagne, Louis Roederer, 1919 more or less
(Lot 203 sold for ‟25.10.” to Smith; lot 204 for ‟16 .” to ‟do” (= ditto); and lot 205 for ‟26 . .” to Hart.)