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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cornubian Shore

(The). Cornwall, famous for its tin mines.

... from the bleak Cornubian shore
Dispense the mineral treasure, which of old
Sidonian pilots sought.

Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Cornu-copia
Cornish Wonder
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