Empty Champagne BottlesFel. low-commoners at Cambridge used to be so called, their academical dress being a gaudy purple and silver gown, resembling the silver foil round the neck of a champagne bottle. Very few of these wealthy magnates took honours. The nobleman's gown was silk. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Empty Champagne Bottles from Infoplease:
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