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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Devil's Own

(CONNAUGHT BOYS.) The 88th Foot. So called by General Picton from their bravery in the Peninsular War, 1809-1814.

Applied also to the Inns of Court Volunteers, the members of which are lawyers.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Devil's Paternoster
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