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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
: H
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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H.
H.B.
H.M.S.
H.U.
Habeas Corpus
Haberdasher
Habit is Second Nature
Habsburg
Hackell's Coit
Hackney Horses
Hackum
Haco
Haddock
Hades
Hadith
Hadj
Hadji
Hæmony
Hæmos
Hafed
Hafiz
Hag
Hagan of Trony
Hagarenes
Haggadah
Hagi
Hag-knots
Hagring
Ha-ha
Hahnemann
Haidee
Hail
Hail-fellow-well-met
Hair
Hair, Hairs
Hair-brained
Hair-breadth
Hair Eels
Hair-Splitting
Hair Stane
Hair by Hair
Hair devoted to Proserpine
Hair of a Dissembling Colour
Hair of the Dog that Bit You
Hair stand on End
Hake
Hal
Halacha
Halberjects or Haubergets
Halcyon Days
Half
Half-baked
Half-deck
Half-done
Half-faced Groat
Half-seas Over
Halfpenny
Halgaver
Halifax
Halifax Law
Hall Mark
Hall Sunday
Hall of Odin
Hallam's Greek
Hallel
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Lass
Hallelujah Victory
Halloo when out of the Wood
Halloween
Halter
Haltios
Ham
Hamadryads
Hameh
Hamet
Hamilton
Hamiltonian System
Hamlet
Hammel
Hammer
Hammer of the Scotch
Hammercloth
Hampton Court Conference
Hamshackle
Hamstring
Han
Hanap
Hanaper
Hand
Hands
Hand-book
Hand-gallop
Hand Paper
Hand-post
Hand Round
Hand and Glove
Hand and Seal
Hand-in-Hand
Hand of Cards
Hand of Justice
Hand over Hand
Hand the Sail
Hand Down to Posterity
Handfasting
Handicap
Handkerchief
Handkerchief and Sword
Handle
Handsome
Handwriting on the Wall
Handycuffs
Hang Back
Hang Fire
Hang On
Hang Out
Hangdog Look
Hang by a Thread
Hang in the Bell Ropes
Hanged
Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered
Hanger
Hanging
Hanging Gale
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hangman's Acre, Gains, and Gain's Alley
Hangman's Wages
Hangmen
Hankey Pankey
Hanoverian Shield
Hans von Rippach
Hansards
Hanse Towns
Hanseatic League
Hansel
Hansel Monday
Hansom
Hapmouche
Happy Arabia
Happy Expression
Happy-go-lucky
Happy Valley
Happy as a Clam at High Tide
Happy as a King
Happy the People whose Annals are Tiresome
Hapsburg
Har
Haram
Harapha
Harbinger
Harcourt's Round Table
Hard
Hard By
Hard Lines
Hard Up
Hard as Nails
Hard as a Stone
Hard as the Nether Millstone
Hardouin
Hardy
Hare
Hare-brained
Harefoot
Hare-lip
Hare-stone
Hare and the Tortoise
Hares shift their Sex
Haricot Mutton
Harikiri
Hark Back
Harlequin
Harlot
Harlowe
Harm
Harmless
Harmonia's Necklace
Harmonia's Robe
Harness
Harness Cask
Harness Prize
Haro
Harold the Dauntless
Harold's Stones
Haroot
Haroun al Raschid
Harp
Harpagon
Harpalice
Harpe
Harpies
Harpocrates
Harridan
Harrier
Harrington
Harris
Harry
Harry Soph
Hart
Hart Royal
Hart of Grease
Harts
Hartnet
Harum Scarum
Haruspex
Harvard College
Harvest Goose
Harvest Moon
Hash
Hassan
Hassan-Ben-Sabah
Hassock
Hat
Hat Money
Hats and Caps
Hatches
Hatchet
Hatchway
Hatef
Hattemists
Hatteraick
Hatto
Hatton
Haul over the Coals
Haussmannization
Hautboy
Haute Claire
Hautville Coit
Have a Care!
Have a Mind for it
Have at You
Have it Out
Havelok
Haver-Cakes
Haveril
Havering
Haversack
Havock
Havre
Hawk
Hawk and Handsaw
Hawk nor Buzzard
Hawker's News
Hawkubites
Hawse-hole
Hawthorn
Hay, Hagh
Hayston
Hayward
Hazazel
Hazel
Hazel-nut
Head
Head and Ears
Head and Shoulders
Head of Cattle
Head over Heels
Heads or Tails
Heads I Win, Tails you Lose
Heady
Healing Gold
Health
Heap
Hear
Hearse
Heart
Heart-breaker
Heart-rending
Heart-whole
Heart and Soul
Heart in his Boots
Heart in his Mouth
Heart of Grace
Heart of Hearts
Heart of Midlothian
Heart's Ease
Hearth Money
Heat
Heathen
Heaven
Heavies
Heavy Man
Heavy-armed Artillery
Hebe
Hebertists
Hebron
Hecate
Hecatomb
Hector
Hectors
Hecuba
Hedge
Hedge Lane
Hedge Priest
Hedge School
Hedonism
Heel, Heels
Heel-tap
Heenan
Heep
Hegemony
Hegira
Heimdall
Heimdall's Horn
Heimdaller
Heims-kringla
Heir-apparent
Heir-presumptive
Hel
Hel Keplein
Heldenbuch
Helen
Helen of One's Troy
Helena
Helenos
Helicon
Heligh-monat
Heliopolis
Helios
Heliostat
Heliotrope
Hell
Hell Broth
Hell Gate
Hell Gates
Hell Kettles
Hell Shoon
Hell or Connaught
Hellanodicæ
Hellenes
Hellenic
Hellenistic
Hellenists
Hellespont
Helmet
Helmets
Heion
Helot
Help
Helter-skelter
Helve
Helvetia
Hemp
Hempe
Hempen Caudle
Hempen Collar
Hempen Fever
Hempen Widow
Hemus
Hen-pecked
Hen and Chickens
Hen with one Chick
Henchman. Henchboy
Hengist
Henna
Henneberg
Henricans
Henriette
Henry
Henry Grace de Dieu
Hephæs'tos
Heptarchy
Hera
Heraclei'dæ
Heralds
Herald's College
Heraldic Colours
Herb
Herb of Grace
Herb Trinity
Herba Sacra
Hercules
Hercules' Choice
Hercules' Club
Hercules' Horse
Hercules' Labour
Hercules' Pillars
Hercules Secundus
Hercules of Music
Herculean Knot
Hereford
Herefordshire Kindness
Heretic
Heriot
Hermæ
Hermaphrodite
Hermegyld
Hermensul
Hermes
Hermetic Art
Hermetic Books
Hermetic Philosophy
Hermetic Powder
Hermetically Sealed
Hermia
Hermione
Hermit
Hermite
Hermoth
Hero
Hero and Leander
Hero Children
Heroes scratched off Church-doors
Heroic Age
Heroic Medicines
Heroic Size
Heroic Verse
Herod
Herod's Death
Herodotus of Old London
Heron-crests
Herostratos
Herring
Herring-bone
Herring-pond
Hertford
Hertha
Hesione
Hesperia
Hesperides
Hesperus
Hesychasts
Hetærism
Hetman
Heu-monat
Hewson
Hexameron
Hexameter and Pentameter
Hexameter Verse
Hexapla
Hext
Heyday of Youth
Hiawath'a
Hibernia
Hic Jacets
Hickathrift
Hickory
Hidalgo
Hide of Land
Hieroclean Legacy
Higgledy-piggledy
High-born
High Church
High Days
High Falutin
High Hand
High Heels
High Horse
High Jinks
High Life
High Places
High Ropes
High Seas
High Tea
High Words
Highgate
Highland Bail
Highland Mary
Highlands of Scotland
Highlanders of Attica
Highness
Highwaymen
Hilary Term
Hildebrand
Hildebrod
Hildesheim
Hill
Hill-folk
Hill-people
Hill Tribes
Hills
Himiltrude
Hinc illæ Lacrymæ
Hind
Hinda
Hinder
Hindustan
Hindustan Regiment
Hinzelmann
Hip
Hip and Thigh
Hip! Hip! Hurrah!
Hipper-switches
Hippo
Hippocampus
Hippocras
Hippocratean School
Hippocrates' Sleeve
Hippocrene
Hippogriff
Hippolyta
Hippolytos
Hippolytus
Hippomenes
Hippothadee
Hired Grief
Hiren
Hispania
Historicus
History
History of Croyland Abbey
Histrionic
Hit
Hit it Off
Horse
Horse-bean
Horse-chestnut
Horse-faced
Horse Latitudes
Horse-laugh
Horse Marines
Horse-milliner
Horse-mint
Horse-play
Horse-power
Horse Protestant
Horse-radish
Horse-shoes
Horse-vetch
Horse and his Rider
Horse-shoes and Nails
Horsemen
Horsey Man
Hortus Siccus
Horus
Hose
Hospital
Hospitallers
Host
Hostage
Hostler
Hot
Hot Cockles
Hot Cross Buns
Hot-foot
Hot Water
Hotch-pot
Hotch-potch
Hotspur
Hottentot
Hougoumont
Hound
Houqua
Hour
Houri
House
House-bote
House-flag
House-leek
House Spirits
House-top
House and Home
House of Correction
House of God
House that Jack Built
Household Gods
Household Troops
Housel
Houssain
Houyhnhnms
How Do You Do?
Howard
Howdah
Howdie
Howitzers
Howleglass
Hrimfax'i
Hub
Hubal
Hubbard
Hubert
Hudibras
Hudibrastic Verse
Hudson
Hue and Cry
Hug the Shore
Hug the Wind
Hugger-mugger
Huggins and Muggins
Hugh Lloyd's Pulpit
Hugh Perry
Hugh of Lincoln
Hugin and Munin
Hugo
Hugon
Huguenot
Hulda
Hulk
Hulking
Hull
Hull Cheese
Hullabaloo
Hulsean Lectures
Hum and Haw
Hum'a
Human Race
Human Sacrifice
Humanitarians
Humanities
Humble Bee
Humble Cow
Humble Pie
Humbug
Hume
Humming Ale
Hummums
Humour
Humpback
Humphrey
Humpty Dumpty
Hunchback
Hundred
Hundred Days
Hundred-eyed
Hundred-handed
Hundred Miles
Hundred Years' War
Hungarian
Hungary Water
Hunger seasons Food
Hungr
Hungry
Hungry Dogs
Huniades, Hunniades
Hunks
Hunt
Hunter
Hunter's Moon
Hunters and Runners
Hunting of the Hare
Hunting the Gowk
Hunting the Snark
Hunting two Hares
Huntingdon
Huntingdon Sturgeon
Huon de Bordeaux
Hurdle Race
Hurdy-gurdy
Hurlo-Thrumbo
Hurly-burly
Hurrah'
Hurricane
Hurry
Hurry-skurry
Husband
Husband's Boat
Husband's Tea
Hush-money
Hushai
Hussars
Hussites
Hussy
Husterloe
Hustings
Hutchinsonians
Hutin
Hutkin
Huzza!
Huzzy
Hvergelmer
Hyacinth
Hyades
Hybla
Hydra
Hyenas
Hygeia
Hyksos
Hylas
Hylech
Hymen
Hymer
Hymettus
Hymn Tunes
Hymnus Eucharisticus
Hyperboreans
Hyperion
Hypermnestra'
Hypnotism
Hypochondria
Hypocrisy
Hypocrite
Hypocrites' Isle
Hypostatic Union
Hypped
Hyson
Hyssop
Hysteron Proteron
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