A starr and girton for Draper and Deane
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- John Sterne: (German: Stern = star), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, before Swift
- Laurence Sterne: Irish-born author of Tristram Shandy
- Esther Johnson: lady-friend of Swift's, known as Stella (Latin for star)
- Hester Vanhomrigh: lady-friend of Swift's, known as Vanessa (Venus = Morning and Evening Star)
- Girton College: women's college at Cambridge
- Dean: a river in Canada
- Star and Garter: a common name for English pubs,. The origin is formteh insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- The Drapier's Letters: letters written by Swift denouncing Wood's halfpence as a swindle
- Dean: Sterne and Swift were successive Deans of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
- Deane Swift: first cousin of Jonathan Swift; Deane Swift is remembered for his publication in 1755 of An Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Interspersed with Some Animadversions upon the Remarks of a Late Critical Author [the Earl of Orrery]
