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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: C

E. Cobham Brewer, 1894

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

C.
C
Ca Ira
Caaba
Cab
Cabal
Cabala
Cabalist
Cabalistic
Caballero
Cabbage
Cabinet Ministers
Cabiri
Cable's Length
Cabochon
Cachecope Bell
Cachet
Cacodæ'mon
Cacoethes
Cacus
Cad
Caddice
Caddy
Cade
Cader Idris
Cadessia
Cadet
Cadger
Cadi
Cadmean Letters
Cadmean Victory
Cadmeans
Cadmus
Cadogan
Caduceus
Cadurci
Cædmon
Cærite Franchise
Caerleon
Caesar
Cæsarian Operation
Cæ'sarism
Cæteris paribus
Caf
Caftan
Cag Mag
Cage
Cagliostro
Cagots
Cahors
Caiaphas
Cain-coloured Beard
Cainites
Cairds
Caius
Cake
Cake ... Dough
Cakes
Calabash
Calamanco Cat
Calamity
Calandrino
Calatrava
Calauri'a
Calceolaria
Calceos mutavit
Calculate
Calculators
Cale
Caleb
Caleb Quotem
Caledon
Caledonia
Calembour
Calendar
Calendars
Calends
Calepin
Caleys
Calf-love
Calf-skin
Caliban
Calibre
Caliburn
Calico
Calidore
Caligorant
Caligula
Caligula's Horse
Caliph
Calista
Calisto and Arcas
Calixtines
Call
Called
Callabre
Caller Herrings
Calligraphy
Callimachos
Calling
Calliope
Callipolis
Callippic Period
Callirrhoe
Calomel
Caloyers
Calpe
Calumet
Calvary
Calvary Clover
Calvary Cross
Calvert's Entire
Calves
Calves gone to Grass
Calves' Head
Calves' Head Club
Calvinism
Calydon
Calypso
Calypso's Isle
Cam and Isis
Cama
Camacho
Camal dolites
Camaralzaman
Camarilla
Camarina
Cambalo's Ring
Cambel
Camber
Cambria
Cambrian
Cambrian Series
Cambric
Cambuscan'
Cambyses
Camden Society
Camel
Camellia
Camelot
Camelote
Cameo
Cameron Highlanders
Cameronian Regiment
Cameronians
Camilla
Camillus
Camisard
Camisarde
Camisole
Camisole de Force
Camlan
Camlet
Cammock
Camorra
Camorrist
Camp Candlestick
Camp-followers
Campaign Wig
Campania
Campaspe
Campbells are Coming
Campbellite
Campceiling
Campeador
Canace
Canache
Canada Balsam
Canaille
Canard
Canary
Canary-bird
Cancan
Cancel
Cancer
Candaules
Candidate
Candide
Candle
Candle-holder
Candles of the Night
Candlemas Day
Candour
Canens
Canephorae
Canicular Days
Canicular Period
Canicular Year
Canidia
Canister
Canker
Cannæ
Cannel Coal
Cannibal
Cannon
Canoe'
Canon
Canon Law
Canonical
Canonical Dress
Canonical Epistles
Canonical Hours
Canonical Obedience
Canonical Punishments
Canonicals
Canopic Vases
Canopus
Canopy
Canossa
Cant
Cantabrian Surge
Cantate Sunday
Canteen'
Canterbury
Canterbury Tales
Canting Crew
Canucks
Canvas
Canvas City
Caora
Cap
Cap Verses
Cap and Bells
Cap and Gown
Cap in Hand
Cap of Fools
Cap of Liberty
Cap of Maintenance
Cap of Time
Cap-acquaintance
Cap-money
Cap-a-pie
Capfull of Wind
Cape
Cape of Storms
Capel Court
Caper
Caper Merchant
Capet
Capital
Capital Fellow
Capitals
Capite Censi
Capitulars
Capon
Capricorn
Captain
Captain Cauf's Tail
Captain Copperthorne's Crew
Captain Podd
Captain Stiff
Captious
Capua
Capuchin
Capulet
Caput Mortuum
Caqueux
Carabas
Caracalla
Caracci
Carack
Caradoc
Caraites
Caran D'Ache
Carat of Gold
Caraway
Carbineer
Carbonado
Carbonari
Carbuncle of Ward Hill
Carcanet
Carcass
Carcasses
Card
Cards
Cardinal Humours
Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal Points of the Compass
Cardinal Signs
Cardinal Virtues
Cardinal Winds
Cardinals
Cardinal's Red Hat
Carduel
Care-cloth
Care killed the Cat
Care Sunday
Careme
Car-goose
Caricatures
Carillons
Carinae
Carle
Carlovingian Dynasty
Carludovica
Carmagnole
Carmelites
Carmilhan
Carminative
Carmine
Carnation
Carney
Carnival
Carotid Artery
Carouse
Carouse the hunter's hoop.
Carpathian Wizard
Carpe Diem
Carpenter
Carpet
Carpet-bag Adventurer
Carpet-bag Government
Carpet Knight
Carpocratians
Carriage Company
Carriages
Carronades
Carry Arms!
Carry Coals
Carry Everything before One
Carry Fire in one Hand and Water in the other
Carry One's Point
Carry Out
Carry out one's Bat
Carry Swords!
Carry the Day
Carry Weight
Cart before the Horse
Carte Blanche
Carte de Visite
Cartesian Philosophy
Carthage of the North
Carthagena
Carthaginem esse Delendam
Carthaginian Faith
Carthusians
Cartoons
Cartridge Paper
Caryates
Caryatic Order
Casabianca
Casca
Case
Cashier'
Casino
Casket Homer
Caspar
Cassandra
Cassation
Cassi
Cassibelan
Cassio
Cassiopeia
Cassiterides
Cast About
Cast Accounts
Cast Anchor
Cast Aside
Cast Down
Cast a Sheep's Eye at One
Cast beyond the Moon
Cast in One's Lot
Cast into One's Teeth
Cast of the Eye
Casting Vote
Castagnette
Castaly
Caste
Castle Builder
Castle in the Air
Castle of Bungay
Castle of Indolence
Castle Terabil
Castor
Castor's Horse
Casuist
Casus Belli
Cat
Cat-call
Cat-eyed
Cat Jumps
Cat Stane
Cat and Dog
Cat and Fiddle
Cat and Kittens
Cat and Tortoise
Cat has nine Lives
Cat i' the Adage
Cat may look at a King
Cat-o'-nine-tails
Cat Proverbs
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Foot
Cat's Melody
Cat's Paw
Cat's Sleep
Cats
Catacomb
Cataian
Catalogue Raisonne
Catamaran
Cataphrygians
Catarrh
Catastrophe
Catch
Catch a Crab
Catch a Tartar
Catch Me at It!
Catch your Hare
Catch-Club
Catchpenny
Catchpole
Catch Weights
Catch-word
Catch-word
Catch-word
Catechumen
Cater-cousin
Caterpillars
Caterwauling
Catgut
Catgut Scraper
Cathari
Catharine
Catharine of Russia
Catharine Theot
Catharine Wheel
Catharine-wheel Politicians
Catharine-wheel Republics
Catharists
Cathay'
Cathedræ Molles
Cathedrals of the Old Foundation
Catherans
Catherine
Catholic
Catholic Association
Catholic Church
Catholic Emancipation Act
Catholic Epistles
Catholic King
Catholic League
Catholic Majesty
Catholic Relief
Catholic Rent
Catholic Roll
Catholicon
Catholicos
Catiline's Conspiracy
Catilines
Catius
Catkins
Cat-lap
Cato
Cato-Street Conspiracy
Catsup
Catted
Catual
Catum
Catwater
Caucasians
Caucus
Caudine Forks
Caudle
Caught Napping
Caul
Cauld-lad
Cauline
Caurus
Causa Causans
Causa Causata
Cause
Cause Celebre
Causes
Cautelous
Cauther
Caution Money
Cautser
Cava
Cavalerie a Pied
Cavalier
Cavalier Servant
Cavaliers
Cavall'
Cave-dwellers
Cave In
Cave ne literas Bellerophontis adferras
Cave of Achadh Aldai
Cave of Adullam
Cave of Mammon
Caveat
Caveat Emptor
Cavell
Cavendish Tobacco
Caviare
Cavo-rilievo
Caxon
C.D
Cean
Ceca to Mecca
Cecilia
Cecil's Fast
Ced
Cedar
Cedilla
Ceelict
Ceinture de la Reine
Celadon
Celandine
Celestial City
Celestial Empire
Celestians
Cella
Celia
Celt
Celts
Cemetery
Cenobites
Cenomanni
Cenotaphs
Censorius et Sapiens
Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles
Centaur
Cent-cyne
Cento
Central Sun
Centre
Centre of Gravity
Centumviri
Centurion
Century White
Cephalus and Procris
Cepheus
Cepola
Cequiel
Ceraunium
Cerberus
Cerdonians
Ceremonious
Ceremony
Ceres
Cerinthians
Cerulean Brother of Jove
Cess
Cestui que Vie
Cestus
Cf
Chabouk
Chacun a son Gout
Chad-pennies
Chaff
Chair
Chair-days
Chair of St. Peter
Chalcedony
Chaldee's
Chalk
Chalk and Cheese
Chalks
Challenge to the Array
Challenging a Jury
Cham
Chambre Ardente
Chameleon
Champ de Manoeuvre
Champs de Mai
Champs de Mars
Champak'

Champerty
Champion and Severall
Champion of England
Chance
Chancel
Chancellor
Chancellor of England
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancery
Chaneph
Change
Changeling
Chant du Depart
Chantage
Chanticleer
Chaonian Bird
Chaonian Food
Chaos
Chap
Chap-book
Chapeau
Chapeau-bras
Chapel
Chapel-of-Ease
Chaperon
Chapter
Chapter and Verse
Chapter of Accidents
Chapter of Possibilities
Character
Charbonnerie Democratique
Charge
Charge d'Affaires
Charicleia
Charing Cross
Chariot
Chariot of the Gods
Charioteers
Charities
Charity
Charivari
Charlatan
Charlemagne
Charles
Charles I
Charles and the Oak
Charles's Wain
Charleys
Charlotte Elizabeth
Charm
Charon's Toll
Charter
Chartism
Charybdis
Chase
Chasidim
Chasseurs de Vincennes
Chat
Chat de Beaugency
Chateaux en Espagne
Chattelin's
Chatterbox
Chatterhouse
Chatterpie
Chaucer of Painting
Chauvin
Chawbacon
Chawed up
Che sara, sara
Cheap as a Sardinian
Cheap Jack
Cheapside Bargain
Cheater
Chech
Checkmate
Cheek
Cheek by Jowl
Cheese
Cheeseparer
Cheeseparing Economy
Cheese-Toaster
Cheesewring
Chef d'OEuvre
Chemistry
Chemos
Chennappa
Chenu
Chequers
Cheronean
Cherry
Cherry Fairs
Cherry Trees and the Cuckoo
Cherubims
Chery and Fair-Star
Cheshire
Chess
Chesterfield
Chestnut
Cheval
Chevalier d'Industrie
Chevalier du Brouillard
Chevaux de Frise
Cheveril
Chevy Chase
Chiabreresco
Chiar-oscuro
Chibiabos
Chibouque
Chic
Chichivache
Chick-a-biddy
Chicken
Chicken-hearted
Chien
Chien de Jean de Nivelle
Child
Child of God
Child of the Cord
Childe
Childe Harold
Children
Chilenos
Chilian
Chiliasts
Chillingham Cattle
Chillon'
Chilminar'
Chiltern Hundreds
Chimaera
Chime in with
Chimney Money
Chimneypot Hat
Chinese Gordon
Chingachgook
Chink
Chintz
Chios
Chip
Chip of the Old Block
Chiron
Chirping Cup
Chisel
Chitty-faced
Chivalry
Chivy
Chlo'e
Choereas
Choice Spirit
Choke
Choke-pear
Choker
Chop
Chop-fallen
Chop-House
Chop Logic
Chops
Chops of the Channel
Chopine
Choreu'tæ
Choriambic Metre
Chouans
Choughs Protected
Chouse
Chriem-hilda
Chriss-cross Row
Chrisom
Christabel
Christabelle
Christendom
Christian
Christian Traditions
Christian'a
Christmas
Christmas Box
Christmas Day
Christmas Decorations
Christmas Trees
Christolytes
Christopher
Chronicle Small Beer
Chronicon ox Chronicis
Chronon-hoton-thologos
Chrysalis
Chrysaor
Chrysippus
Chubb
Chuck Full
Chukwa
Chum
Chum in with
Church
Church-goer
Church Invisible
Church Porch
Church Triumphant
Church Visible
Churched
Churchwarden
Churchyard Cough
Chuzzlewit
Chyndonax
Ci-devant
Cicero
Cicerone
Cicisbe'o
Ciclenius
Cicuta
Cid
Cid Hamet Benengeli
Cigogne
Cillaros
Cimmerian Bosphorus
Cimmerian Darkness
Cinchona
Cincinnatus
Cinderella
Cinque Cento
Cinque Ports
Cinter
Cipher
Circe
Circle of Ulloa
Circuit
Circumbendibus
Circumcellians
Circumcised Brethren
Circumlocution Office
Ciric-Sceat
Cist
Cist Urn
Cistercians
Citadel
Cities
Citizen King
City
City College
City of Bells
City of David
City of Destruction
City of God
City of Palaces
City of Refuge
City of St. Michael
City of Saints
City of the Great King
City of the Seven Hills
City of the Sun
City of the Violet Crown
Civic Crown
Civil List
Civil Magistrate
Civil Service Estimates
Civil War
Civis Romanus Sum
Civitas Solis
Clabber Napper's Hole
Clack Dish
Claft
Clak-ho-haryah
Clam
Clan-na-Gael
Clap-trap
Clapper
Clapperclaw
Clapper-dudgeons
Clapping the Prayer Books
Claque
Claras
Clare
Clarenceux King-of-Arms
Clarendon
Clarendon Type
Claret
Claret Cup
Claret Jug
Classic Races
Classics
Claude Lorraine
Claus
Clause
Clause Rolls
Clavie
Clavileno
Claw
Claw-backs
Claymore
Clean
Clean and Unclean Animals
Cleaned Out
Clear
Clear as Crystal. Clear as Mud
Clear-coat
Clear Day
Clear Grit
Clear Out For Guam
Clear Voice
Cleared out
Clearing House
Cleave
Clelia
Clelie
Clement
Clementina
Clench
Cleombrotos
Cleon
Cleopatra
Cleopatra and her Pearl
Clergy
Clergymen
Clerical Titles
Clerical Vestments
Clerimond
Clerk
Clerk-ale
Clerkenwell
Clerkly
Client
Clifford
Climacteric
Climax
Climb
Clinch
Clinker
Clio
Clipper
Clipping Pace
Cliquot
Cloacina
Cloak and Sword Plays
Clock
Clodhopper
Clog Almanac
Cloister
Clootie
Cloridano
Clorinda
Close as a Clam
Close Rolls
Close-time for Game
Closh
Cloten
Cloth
Clotharius
Clotho
Cloud
Clouded Cane
Cloven foot
Clover
Clowns
Club
Club-bearer
Club-land
Club-law
Clue
Clumsy
Cluricaune
Clydesdale Horses
Clym of the Clough
Clytie
Cneph
Cnidian Venus
Co
Coach
Coach-and-four
Coach-and-pair
Coach Away
Coached Up
Coal
Coals
Coals of Fire
Coaling
Coalition Government
Coast Clear
Coast Men of Attica
Coasting Lead
Coasting Trade
Coasting Waiter
Coat
Coats, Hosen, and Hats
Cob
Cobalt
Cobbler
Cobbler Poet
Cobbler's Punch
Cobbler's Toast
Cobham
Cob-nut
Coburgs
Cobweb
Cock
Cock and Bottle
Cock and Bull Story
Cock and Pie
Cock of Hay
Cock of the North
Cock of the Walk
Cock-a-hoop
Cock apace
Cockboat
Cock-crow
Cock-eye
Cock-fighting
Cock-horse
Cock Lane Ghost
Cock-pit
Cock Sure
Cock the Ears
Cock the Nose
Cock up your Head
Cock your Eye
Cock your Hat
Cockade
Cockaigne
Cockatrice
Cocked Hat
Cocked-hat Club
Cocker
Cockie
Cockle Hat
Cockle Shells
Cockles
Cockles of the Heart
Cockledemoy
Cockney
Cockney School
Cockpit of Europe
Cockshy
Cockswain
Cocktail
Cocqcigrues
Cocytus
Codds
Codille
Codlin's your Friend, not Short
Coehorns
Coenobites
Coeur de Lion
Coffee
Coffin
Coggeshall
Cogito ergo sum
Cohens
Coif
Coiffe
Coiffer to Sainte Catherine
Coin
Coin Money
Coins
Coke
Coke upon Littleton
Colbronde
Colcannon
Cold as Charity
Cold-Bath Fields
Cold Blood
Cold-blooded Animals
Cold-blooded Persons
Cold-chisel
Cold Drawn Oil
Cold Pigeon
Cold Pudding settles Love
Cold Shoulder
Cold Steel
Cold Water Ordeal
Cold Without
Coldbrand
Coldstream Guards
Cole
Colemira
Colin Clout
Colin Tampon
Collapse
Collar
Collar-day
Collar of Arsinoe
Collar of SS
Collectivists
College
College Colours
College Colours
College Port
Colliberts
Colluthians
Colly my Cow
Collyridians
Collywobbles
Cologne
Colon
Colophon
Coloquintida
Colorado
Colossal
Colossus
Colour
Colporteur
Colt
Colt-pixy
Colt's Revolver
Colt's-tooth
Columbine
Columbus
Columbus of the Skies
Column
Column at Boulogne
Columns of Hercules
Coma Berenices
Comazants
Comb
Comb the Cat
Come and take Them
Come Ather
Come Down a Peg
Come Down upon One
Come Home
Come it
Come it Strong
Come Lightly
Come Of
Come Off
Come On!
Come Out
Come Over One
Come Round
Come Short
Come That
Come the Religious Dodge
Come to
Come to Grief
Come to Hand
Come to Pass
Come to an End
Come to the Hammer
Come to the Heath
Come to the Point
Come to the Scratch
Come to the Worst
Come Under
Come Up
Come Upon the Parish
Come Yorkshire over One
Comedy
Comes
Comet Wine
Coming Round
Command Night
Commandment
Comme il Faut
Commendam
Commendation Ninepence
Commis-voyageur
Committee
Committing Falsehood
Commodity of Brown Paper
Commodore
Common Pleas
Common Prayer
Common Sense
Commoner
Commons
Commons in Gross
Commonwealths
Companion Ladder
Companions of Jehu
Comparisons are Odorous
Complementary Colours
Complexion
Compline

Compostella
Compte rendu
Comrade
Comrades
Comus
Comus's Court
Con Amore
Con Commodo
Con Spirito
Conan
Concert Pitch
Concerto
Concierge
Conciergerie
Conclave
Conclamatio
Conclamatum est
Concord is Strength
Concordat
Condign'
Condottieri
Confederate States
Confederation of the Rhine
Confession
Confiscate
Confusion Worse Confounded
Conge
Conge d'Elire
Congleton Bears
Congregationalists
Congreve Rockets
Congreves
Conjugal
Conjuring Cap
Connecticut
Connubialis de Mulcibre fecit Apellem
Conqueror
Conqueror's Nose
Conquest
Conrad
Conscience
Conscience Clause
Conscience Money
Conscious Water
Conscript Fathers
Consentes Dii
Consenting Stars
Conservative
Consistory
Consolidated Fund
Consols
Consort
Conspirators
Constable
Constable de Bourbon
Constantine Tolman
Constantine's Cross
Constituent Assembly
Constituents
Constitution
Constitutions of Clarendon
Construe
Consuelo
Contango
Contemplate
Contempt of Court
Contenement
Contentment is true Riches
Contests of Wartburg
Continence of a Scipio
Continental System
Contingent
Contra bonos Mores
Contretemps
Conventicle
Conversation Sharp
Convey
Conveyers
Conway Cabal
Conyger
Cooing and Billing
Cook your Goose
Cooked
Cooking
Cooks
Cool Card
Cool as a Cucumber
Cool Hundred
Cool Tankard
Coon
Cooper
Cooper's Hill
Coot
Cop
Copenhagen
Copernicanism
Copesmate
Cophetua
Copper
Copper Captain
Copper Nose
Copper-nosed Harry
Copperheads
Copple
Copronymus
Copts
Copus
Copy
Copyhold Estate
Copyright
Coq-a-l'ane
Corah
Coral Beads
Coral Master
Coram Judice
Coranach
Corbant
Corbeaux
Corceca
Corcyrean Sedition
Cordelia
Cordelia's Gift
Cordeliers
Cordon
Cordon Bleu
Cordon Noir
Cordon Rouge
Corduroy
Cordwainer
Corea
Corflambo
Corineus
Corinnus
Corinth
Corinth's Pedagogue
Corinthian
Corinthian Brass
Corinthian Order
Corinthian Tom
Corked
Corker
Corking-pins
Cormoran'
Corn ... Horn
Corn in Egypt
Corn-Law Rhymer
Cornstalks
Corns
Cor`nage
Corneille du Boulevard
Corneille d'Esope
Corner
Corner-stone
Cornet
Cornette
Corngrate
Cornish Hug
Cornish Language
Cornish Names
Cornish Wonder
Cornubian Shore
Cornu-copia
Cornwall
Coronach
Coronation Chair
Coroner
Coronet
Coronis
Corporal Violet
Corporation
Corps de Garde
Corps Diplomatique
Corps Legislatif
Corpse Candle
Corpus Christi
Corpus Delicti
Corpuscular Philosophy
Corrector
Correggio
Corroboree
Corrouge
Corrugated Iron
Corrupticolae
Corruption of Blood
Corsair'
Corsned
Cortes
Cortina
Corvinus
Corybantic Religion
Corycian Cave
Corydon
Coryphaeus
Coryphaeus of German Literature
Coryphaeus of Grammarians
Coryphee
Cosa
Cosmiel
Cosmopolite
Cosset
Costard
Costermonger
Cote-hardi
Cotereaux
Coterie'
Cotillon
Cotset
Cotswold Barley
Cotswold Lion
Cotta
Cottage Countess
Cottage Orne
Cottys
Cotton
Cotton Lord
Cottonian Library
Cottonopolis
Cotytto
Coucy
Couleur de Rose
Coulin
Councils
Counsel
Count Kin with One
Count not your Chickens
Count out the House
Count Upon
Countenance
Counter-caster
Countercheck Quarrelsome
Counterforts
Counter-jumper
Counterpane
Counterscarp
Countess di Civillari
Country
Country-dance
Coup
Coup d'Etat
Coup de Grace
Coup de Main
Coup d'OEil
Coup de Pied de l'Ane
Coup de Soleil
Coup de Theatre
Coup Manque
Coupon
Courage of One's Opinion
Courland Weather
Course
Court
Court Circular
Court-cupboard
Court Fools
Court Holy Water
Court Plaster
Court of Love
Court of Pie-powder
Court of the Gentiles
Courtesy
Courtesy Titles
Cousin
Cousin Betsy
Cousin-german
Cousin Jack
Cousin Michael
Coute que Coute
Couvade
Cove
Covenanters
Covent Garden
Coventry
Coventry Mysteries
Cover
Covers were laid for
Covered Way
Covering the Face
Coverley
Covetous Man
Cow
Cow's Tail
Cow-lick
Coward
Cowper
Cowper Law
Coxcomb
Coxeyites
Coxswain
Coyne and Livery
Coystril
Cozen
Crab
Crab-cart
Crack
Crack-brained
Crack a Bottle
Crack a Crib
Crack Up a Person
Cracked
Cracked Pipkins
Cracker
Cracknells
Cradle-land
Craft
Craigmillar Castle
Crakys of War
Cram
Crambe bis Cocta
Crambo
Crampart
Cramp-ring
Crane
Crank
Crannock
Crapaud
Crape ... Lawn
Cravat'
Craven
Crawley
Crayon
Creaking Doors hang the Longest
Create
Creature
Creature-comforts
Credat Judæus
Credence Table
Credit Foncier
Credit Mobilier
Crekenpit
Cremona
Cremonas
Creole
Crepidam
Crescent
Crescent City
Crescit
Cressell'e
Cresset
Cressida
Cresswell
Cressy
Crestfallen
Crete
Creticus
Cretinism
Crex
Crib
Cricket
Crikey
Crillon
Crimen læsæ Majestatis
Crimp
Crimp of Death
Cringle
Cripple
Cripplegate
Criss-cross Row
Crishna
Crisis
Crispin
Criterion
Critic
Croakumshire
Croc mitaine
Crocodile
Crocodile's Eye
Crocodile's Tears
Crocum in Ciliciam ferre
Croesus
Cromeruach'
Cromlech
Cromwell
Crone
Cronian Sea
Crony
Crook in the Lot
Crooked as Crawley
Crooked Sixpence
Crooked Stick
Crop Up
Cropper
Croquemitaine
Croquet
Crore
Cross
Cross Buns
Cross-grained
Cross-legged Knights
Cross Man
Cross-patch
Cross-roads
Cross and Ball
Cross and Pile
Cross as a Bear
Cross as the Tongs
Cross as Two Sticks
Crossing the Hand
Crossing the Line
Crotalum
Crotchet
Crotona's Sage
Crouchback
Crouchmas
Crow
Crow over One
Crowbar
Crowd
Crowdero
Crown
Crown Glass
Crown Office
Crown of the East
Crowns
Crowner
Crow's-Nest
Crowquill
Croysado
Crozier
Crucial
Crude Forms
Cruel
Crummy
Crump
Crusades
Crush
Crush-room
Crusoe
Crust
Crusted Port
Crusty
Crutched Friars
Crux
Crux Ansata
Crux Decussata
Crux Pectoralis
Cry
Cry Cave
Cry Havock!
Cry Quits
Cry Vinegar
Cry Wolf
Crystal Hills
Crystalline
Cub
Cuba
Cube
Cucking-stool
Cuckold
Cuckold King
Cuckold's Point
Cuckoo
Cuckoo Oats and Woodcock Hay
Cuckoo-Spit
Cucumber Time
Cuddy
Cudgel One's Brains
Cudgels
Cue
Cuffy
Cui bono?
Cuirass
Cuishes
Culdees
Cullis
Cully
Culminate
Culross Girdles
Culver
Culverin
Culverkeys
Cum Grano Salis
Cum Hoc, Propter Hoc
Cumberland Poet
Cummer
Cunctator
Cuneiform Letters
Cunning Man
Cuno
Cunobelin's Gold Mines
Cunstance
Cuntur
Cup
Cup Tosser
Cup of Vows
Cups
Cupar
Cupar Justice
Cupboard Love
Cupid
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid's Golden Arrow
Cupidon
Cur
Curate
Cure de Meudon
Curetes
Curfew Bell
Curmudgeon
Currant
Current
Currente Calamo
Currer Bell
Curry Favour
Curse
Curse of Scotland
Curses
Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle
Cursitor
Curst
Curtail
Curtain
Curtain Lecture
Curtal Friar
Curtana
Curthose
Curtis'e
Curtmantle
Curule Chair
Curzon Street
Cussedness
Custard
Custard Coffin
Customer
Custos Rotulorum
Cut
Cut Blocks with a Razor
Cut neither Nails nor Hair at Sea
Cut Off with a Shilling
Cut out
Cut your Coat according to your Cloth
Cut and Dry
Cut and Run
Cut Away
Cut Capers
Cut it Short
Cut of his Jib
Cut Short
Cut up Rough
Cuthbert
Cuthbert Bede
Cutler's Poetry
Cutpurse
Cutter's Law
Cuttle
Cutty
Cutty Pipe
Cutty Stool
Cwt
Cyanean Rocks
Cycle
Cyclic Poets
Cyclopædia
Cyclopean
Cyclopean Masonry
Cyclops
Cyllaros
Cymbeline
Cymochles
Cymodoce
Cynægiros
Cynic
Cynics
Cynosure
Cynthia
Cypress
Cyprian Brass
Cypriote

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

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