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Bucephalos
[bull-headed ]. A horse. Strictly speaking, the charger
of Alexander the Great, bought of a Thessalian for thirteen talents
(3,500).
“True, true; I forgot your Bucephalos.” —Sir W. Scott: The
Antiquary.
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