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[PollyEsther]

9a Thackeray's 1 across Mrs, or Mrs Collins, bad girl etc wrongly put outside (9)

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Please help... haven't got a clue what this could be :(

[clog2]

charlotte, look at wiki

[kayakamina]

Charlotte

[clog2]

sorry meant to add Harlot is bad girl

[geo0939]

Anag of etc harlot

[PollyEsther]

Thanks Clog, Kayakamina and Geo :)

[MOBIUS]

I got the answer from the word play and Charlotte Lucas eference, but still can't see the Thackeray angle. He was a friend of Charlotte Bronte and his father had a mistress called Charlotte, but where does the "Bread and Butter Mrs. "come in?