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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Barnet

An epicure who falls in love with, and marries, a lady on account of her skill in dressing a dish of stewed carp. (Edward, a novel by Dr. John Moore, 1796.)

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