In Victorian London, impoverished citizens paid four pennies to sleep in wooden boxes called 'four-penny coffins' during freezing winter nights, using stiff leather tarpaulins instead of blankets to prevent bedbug infestations while providing a dry place to rest.
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sleeping in a coffin saved lives during freezing nights in Victorian London you had to pay four pennies to escape the streets and get a place in these wooden boxes but regular blankets and mattresses were forbidden to prevent bed bugs instead stiff leather tarpaulins were used to keep people warm
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