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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Babylonish Garment

(A) Babylonica vestis, a garment woven with divers colours. (Pliny, viii. 74.)

“I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment.” —Joshua vii. 21.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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