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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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D
D.O.M.
D.T.
Da Capo
Dab
Dab, Din
Dabaira
Dabbat
Dabble
Dabchick
Dactyl
Dad
Daddy Long-legs
Daedalos
Daffodil
Dag
Dagger
Dagger Ale
Dagger-scene in the House of Commons
Daggers
Daggers Drawn
Daggle-tail
Dagobert
Dagon
Dagonet
Daguerreotype
Dagun
Dahak
Dahlia
Dahomey
Daiboth
Daikoku
Dairi
Dairy
Dais
Daisies
Daisy
Daisy-cutter
Daisy-roots
Dalai-Lama
Daldah
Dalgarno
Dalgetty
Dalkey
Dalle
Dalmatica
Dam
Damage
Damask Linen
Damaskeening
Dambe'a
Dame du Lac
Damiens' Bed of Steel
Damn with Faint Praise
Damocles' Sword
Damon and Musidora
Damon and Pythias
Damper
Damsel
Damson
Damyan
Dan
Dan Tucker
Danace
Danae
Danaides
Danaos
Danaw
Dance
Dance of Death
Dances
Dancing-water
Dandelion
Dander
Dandie Dinmont
Dandin
Dandiprat
Dando
Dandy
Dandyism
Dane's Skin
Dangle
Daniel Lambert
Danism
Dannebrog
Dannocks
Danse
Dansker
Dante and Beatrice
Dantesque
Daphnaida
Daphne
Daphnis
Dapper
Dapple
Darbies
Darby and Joan
Darbyites
Darics
Dariolet, Dariolette
Darius
Dark
Dark Ages
Dark Continent
Dark Horse
Darkest Hour is that before the Dawn
Darky
Darley Arabians
Daron, Daronne
Daronne
Dart
Darwinian Theory
Dash
Dash my Wig. Dash my Buttons
Date
Daughter
Daughter of Peneus
Daughter of the Horseleech
Dauphin
Davenport
David
David and Jonathan
Davideis
Davus
Davy
Davy Jones's Locker
Davy's Sow
Dawson
Day
Day of the Barricades
Day of the Dupes
Day-dream
Daylight
Daylights
Days set apart as Sabbaths
Daysman
Dayspring
Daystar
De Bonne Grace
De Die in Diem
De Facto
De Haut en Bas
De Jure
De Lunatico Inquirendo
De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
De Nihilo Nihil Fit
De Novo
De Profundis
De Rigueur
De Trop
Dead
Dead Drunk
Dead-eye
Dead-flat
Dead Freight
Dead Hand
Dead-heads
Dead Heat
Dead Horse
Dead Languages
Dead Letter
Dead-letter Office
Dead Lift
Dead Lights
Dead Lock
Dead Men's Shoes
Dead Pan
Dead Reckoning
Dead Ropes
Dead Sea
Dead-Sea Fruit
Dead Set
Dead Shares
Dead Water
Dead Weight
Dead Wind
Dead Wood
Dead Works
Deaf
Deaf Adder
Deal
Deal-fish
Dean
Deans
Dear
Dearest
Death
Death and Doctor Hornbook
Death from Strange Causes
Death in the Pot
Death under Shield
Death-bell
Death-meal
Death-watch
Death's Head
Death's Head on a Mopstick
Deaths-man
Debateable Land
Debon
Debonair'
Debris
Debt of Nature
Decameron
Decamp
Decaniller
December
Deception
Decide
Decimo
Deck
Decking Churches
Decollete
Decoration Day
Decoy Duck
Decrepit
Decuman Gate
Dedalian
Dedlock
Dee
Dee Mills
Deer
Deerslayer
Dees
Deev-Binder
Default
Defeat
Defender of the Faith
Deficit
Degenerate
Dei Gratia
Dei Judicium
Deianira
Deiphobus
Deities
Dejeuner a la Fourchette
Delaware
Delectable Mountains
Delf
Delia
Delias
Delight
Delirium
Della
Delmonico
Delos
Delphi
Delphin Classics
Delta
Deluge
Deluges
Demerit
Demijohn
Demi-monde
Demi-rep
Demiurge
Demobilisation
Democracy
Democritos
Demodocos
Demogorgon
Demon of Matrimonial Unhappiness
Demos
Demosthenes' Lantern
Demurrage
Demy'
Den Evening.
Denarius
Denizen
Dennis
Denouement
Denys
Deo Gratias
Deo Juvante
Deo, non Fortuna
Deo Volente
Deodand
Depart
Department
Dependence
Depinges
Deputations
Depute
Derbend
Derby Stakes
Derive
Derrick
Derwentwater
Desdemona
Despair
Dessert
Destruction
Destructives
Desultory
Detest
Deucalion
Deuce
Deuce-ace
Deuce of Cards
Deus
Deva's Vale
Development
Devil
Devil's Advocate
Devil's Apple
Devil's Arrows
Devil's Bird
Devil's Bones
Devil's Books
Devil's Cabinet
Devil's Candle
Devil's Current
Devil's Daughter's Portion
Devil's Den
Devil's Dust
Devil's Dyke
Devil's Four-Poster
Devil's Frying-pan
Devil's Livery
Devil's Luck
Devil's Mass
Devil's Nostrils
Devil's Own
Devil's Paternoster
Devil's Snuff-box
Devil's Tattoo
Devil's Throat
Devils
Devonshire
Devonshire Poet
Dew-beaters
Dew-bit
Dew-drink
Dexterity
Dgellabæ'an
Dhuldul
Diable
Diadem
Dialectics
Diamond
Diamond Hammer
Diamond Jousts
Diamond Necklace
Diamond Sculls
Diana
Diana of Ephesus
Dian's Worshippers
Dianora
Diapason
Diaper
Diavolo
Dibs
Dicers' Oaths
Dicilla
Dick
Dickens
Dickey
Dicky
Dicky Sam
Dictator of Letters
Didactic Poetry
Diddle
Diddler
Diderick
Dido
Die
Die-hards
Diego
Dies Alliensis
Dies Iræ
Dies Non
Dies Sanguinis
Dietrich
Dieu
Difference
Digest
Diggings
Diggory
Digit
Dignitary
Dignus Vindice Nodus
Dii Penates
Dilemma
Dilettante
Diligence
Dilly
Dim and Distant Future
Dimanche
Dimetæ
Dimissory
Dimity
Dinah
Dinde
Dine
Dine Out
Ding
Ding-dong
Dingley Dell
Dinner
Dinnerless
Dinos
Dint
Diocletian
Diogenes
Diomed's Horses
Diomedean Swop
Diomedes
Dione
Dionysius
Dionysos
Diophantine Analysis
Dioscuri
Diotrephes
Dip
Diphthera
Diploma
Diplomacy
Diplomatic Cold
Diplomatics
Diptych
Dircæ'an Swan
Direct Tax
Directory
Dirleton
Dirlos
Dirt
Dirty Half-Hundred
Dirty Lane
Dirty Shirts
Dis Pluto.
Disaster
Disastrous Peace
Disbar
Discard
Discharge Bible
Discipline
Discord
Discount
Discuss
Disease
Dished
Dish-washer
Dismal
Dismas
Disney Professor
Disorder
Dispensation
Dispute
Dissolute
Distaff
Distaffina
Distemper
Distinguished Member of the Humane Society
Distraction
Distrait
Dithyrambic
Dittany
Ditto
Dittoes
Divan'
Divers Colours
Divert
Dives
Divide
Divide and Govern
Divination
Divine
Divine Doctor
Divine Pagan
Divine Plant
Divine Speaker
Divining Rod
Divinity in Odd Numbers
Divino Lodovico
Division
Divorcement
Divus
Dixie Land
Dizzy
Djinnestan'
Do
Do for
Do up
Doab
Dobbin
Dobby's Walk
Docetes
Dock-Alfar
Dock-side Lumper
Dock Warrant
Doctor
Doctored Dice
Dr. Diafoirus
Dr. Dove
Dr. Fell
Doctor Mirabilis
Doctor My-Book
Dr. Rezio
Dr. Sangrado
Doctor Slop
Doctor Squintum
Doctor Syntax
Doctors
Doctors' Commons
Doctors Disagree
Doctor's Stuff
Doctored Wine
Doctour of Phisikes Tale
Doctrinists
Dodge
Dodge About
Dodger
Dodington
Dodipoll
Dodman
Dodona
Dods
Dodson and Fogg
Doe
Doeg
Doff
Dog
Dog and Duck
Dog-cheap
Dog-days
Dog-fall
Dog-grass
Dog-head
Dog-headed Tribes
Dog-Latin
Dog-leech
Dog-rose
Dog-sick
Dog-sleep
Dog-star
Dog-vane
Dog-watch
Dog-whipper
Dog-whipping Day
Dogs
Dogs'-meat
Dog's-nose
Dogged
Dogaressa
Dogberry
Doge
Dogget
Doggerel
Dogma
Dogmatic Facts
Dogmatic School
Dogmatic Theology
Doiley
Doit
Dolabra
Dolce far Niente
Doldrums
Dole
Dole-fish
Doll Money
Dollar
Dolly Murrey
Dolly Shop
Dolmen
Dolopatos
Dolorous Dettie
Dolphin
Dom
Dombey
Dom-Daniel
Domesday Book
Domestic
Domestic Poultry
Domiciliary Visit
Dominic
Dominical Letters
Dominicans
Dominie Sampson
Dominions
Domino
Dominoes
Domisellus
Don
Don Giovanni
Don Juan
Don Quixote
Donation of Pepin
Donatists
Doncaster
Dondasch'
Done Brown
Done For
Done Up
Donegild
Donkey
Donkey Engine
Dony
Donzel
Doolin
Doom
Doom Book
Doom-rings
Doomsday Sedgwick
Doomstead
Door
Door Nail
Door-opener
Door-tree
Doors
Doorm
Dora
Dorado
Dorax
Dorcas Society
Dorchester
Doric
Doric Dialect
Doric Land
Doric Reed
Doricourt
Dorigen
Dorimant
Dorinda
Dormer Window
Dornock
Dorothea
Dorset
Dorsetian Downs
Dositheans
Doson
Doss
Doss-house
Dosser
Do-the-Boys' Hall
Dot and go One
Dotterel
Douay Bible
Double
Double Dealing
Double Dutch
Double-edged Sword
Double Entendre
Double First
Double-headed Eagle
Double-tongued
Double up
Double X
Double or Quits
Doubles
Doubting Castle
Douceur'
Douglas
Douglas Tragedy
Douse the Glim
Dousterswivel
Dout
Dove
Doves' Dung
Dover
Dovers
Dovercot
Dovetail
Dowgate Ward
Dowlas
Dowling
Down
Down in the Dumps
Down on Him
Down on his Luck
Down to the Ground
Down-hearted
Down Town
Down-trod
Downfall
Downing Professor
Downing Street
Downpour
Downright
Downright Dunstable
Downstairs
Downy
Downy Cove
Dowsabell
Dowse on the Chops
Doxy
Doyleys
Dozen
D. P.
Drac
Drachenfels
Draconian Code
Draft
Draft on Aldgate
Drag in, Neck and Crop
Draggle-tail
Dragoman
Dragon
Dragon Slayers
Dragon of Wantley
Dragon's Hill
Dragon's Teeth
Dragonades
Dragoons
Drake
Drama
Drama of Exile
Dramatic Unities
Dramatis Personæ
Drap
Drapier's Letters
Drat 'em!
Draught of Thor
Draupnir
Draw
Draw it Mild
Draw the Long Bow
Drawback
Drawcansir
Drawing-room
Drawing the Cork
Drawing the King's
Drawing the Nail
Drawlatches
Drawn
Dreadnought
Dream Authorship
Dreamer
Dreng
Dress your Jacket
Dresser
Drink
Drink Deep
Drinke and Welcome
Drink like a Fish
Drinking Healths
Drinking Song
Drinking at Freeman's Quay
Drive
Drive at
Drive Off
Driveller
Drivelling Dotage
Driver of Europe
Drivers
Drives fat Oxen
Driving for Rent
Driving Pigs
Droit d'Aubaine
Drôle
Dromio
Drone
Drop
Drop in
Drop off
Drop Serene
Drown the Miller
Drowned Rat
Drowned in a Butt of Malmsey
Drowning Men
Drows
Drub, Drubbing
Drug
Druid
Drum
Drum Ecclesiastic
Drum-head Court-martial
Drummers
Drummond Light
Drumsticks
Drunk
Drunk as a fiddler.
Drunkard's Cloak
Drunken Deddington
Drunkenness
Drunkenness
Drupner
Drury Lane
Druses
Dry
Dry Blow
Dry Goods
Dry Lodgings
Dry-nurse
Dry Rot
Dry Sea
Dry Shave
Dry Style
Dry Wine
Dryads
Dryasdust
Dualism
Dub
Dub Up!
Dublin
Dubs
Ducat
Duchesne
Duchess
Duck
Duck Lane
Duck's Egg
Duck's-foot Lane
Ducks and Drakes
Duckie
Ducking
Duckweed
Dude
Dudeism
Dudgeon
Dudman and Ramhead
Duds
Dudu
Duende
Duenna
Duergar
Duessa
Dufarge
Duffer
Duglas
Duke
Duke Coombe
Duke Ernest
Duke Humphrey
Duke Street
Duke and Duchess
Duke of Exeter's Daughter
Duke or Darling
Duke's
Duke's Walk
Dukeries
Dulcarnon
Dulce Domum
Dulce est Desipere in Loco
Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria Mori
Dulcimer
Dulcinea
Dulcinists
Dulia
Dull as a Fro
Dull as Ditch-water
Dulness
Dum Sola
Dum Spiro, Spero
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Dumachus
Dumb-barge
Dumb-bell Nebula
Dumb-bells
Dumb-bells
Dumb-bidding
Dumb-cow
Dumb Crambo
Dumb Dog
Dumb Ox of Cologne
Dumb-waiter
Dummy
Dummies
Dump
Dumps
Dun
Dun Cow
Dun in the Mire
Dunce
Dunciad
Dunderhead
Dundreary
Dungaree
Dunghill!
Dunkers
Dunmow
Dunmow Flitch
Duns Scotus
Dunstable
Dunstan
Duodecimo
Duomo
Dupes
Durandana
Durandarte
Durante
Durbar
Durden
Dürer
Duresley
Durham Book
Durham Mustard
Dus
Dusiens
Dust
Dustman has arrived
Dusty
Dusty-foot
Dutch
Dutch Auction
Dutch Clocks
Dutch Comfort
Dutch Concert
Dutch Courage
Dutch Gleek
Dutch Gold
Dutch Nightingales
Dutch School
Dutch Toys
Dutch Uncle
Dutchman
Duty
Duumvirs
Dwarf
Dwarf Alberich
Dwarf Peter
Dwarfs
Dwile
Dwt
Dyed Beards
Dyeing Scarlet
Dying Sayings
Dymphna
Dynamite
Dynamite Saturday
Dyot Street
Dyser
Dyvour
Dyzemas Day
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