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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gnatho

A vain, boastful parasite in the Eunuch of Terence (Greek, gnathon, jaw, meaning “tongue-doughty”).

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