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Captain

Capitano del Popolo, i.e. Garibaldi (1807-1882). The Great Captain (el gran capitano). Gonzalvo di Cordova (1453-1515.) Manuel Comnenus of Trebizond (1120,1143-1180)

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

Captain Cauf's Tail

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