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Nov 11, 2009
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Celia

or Cælia. A common poetical name for a lady or lady-love. Thus, Swift had an ode in which Strephon describes Cælia's dressing-room.

Five hours, and who can do it less in
By haughty Cælia spent in dressing.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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