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Gabardine'

(3 syl.). A Jewish coarse cloak. (Spanish, gavardina, a long coarse cloak.)

You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog,
And spit upon my Jewish gabardine.

Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, i. 3.

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

Gabel', Gabelle

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