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It was mentioned as the memoir of a 19th-century jockey whose book contained a line that became the basis of the Cockney rhyming slang phrase 'On Your Todd', meaning 'on your own'.
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I was left alone by those I never ceased to grieve for.
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It was mentioned as the memoir of a 19th-century jockey whose book contained a line that became the basis of the Cockney rhyming slang phrase 'On Your Todd', meaning 'on your own'.
"
I was left alone by those I never ceased to grieve for.