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Answer for the clue "London club: 18th century ", 6 letters:
kitcat

Word definitions for kitcat in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kitcat \Kit"cat`\, a. Designating a club in London, to which Addison and Steele belonged; -- so called from Christopher Cat, a pastry cook, who served the club with mutton pies. Designating a canvas used for portraits of a peculiar size, viz., twenty-eight ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context archaic English) A short portrait, 28 or 29 by 36 inches.

Usage examples of kitcat.

I have also recently been informed that he's only holding down his present job with Kitcat and Aitken because you led the senior partner to believe that in time they will be administering the Hardcastle portfolio.

He rang Kitcat & Aitken, a distinguished firm of stockbrokers in the City of London, and instructed them to buy $250,000 worth of shares in Discovery Oil.