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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Divan'

(Arabic and Persian, diwan) means a register kept on a white table exactly similar to our board. Among the Orientals the word is applied to a council-chamber or court of justice; but in England we mean a coffee-house where smoking is the chief attraction.

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