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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bedreddin' Hassan

in the story of Noureddin' and his Son, in the Arabian Nights.

“Comparing herself to Bedreddin Hassan, whom the vizier ... discovered by his superlative skill in composing cream-tarts without pepper in them.” —Scott: Heart of Midlothian.

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

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