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"bunch of fives"

How old is the saying "A bunch of Fives"? I found it in a book on boxing dating from the 1820s, but has anyone found it earlier?

Steve

A Lancashire saying, "Its all Me, I and Peggy Martin", was used to refer to someone showing off or exaggerating the truth. What are its origins?

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