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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Wade's Boat
Wadham College
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Wag Beards
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Wages of Sin
Wagoner
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Waifs and Strays
Waistcoat
Waiters upon Providence
Waits
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“Waking a Witch”
Walbrook Ward
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Walkyries
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Way-bit
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Wayfaring Tree
Wayland
Wayland Smith's Cave
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Wayleaves
Wayzgoose
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We Three
We Left Our Country for Our Country's Good
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Weak-kneed Christian
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Web of Life
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Wedding Finger
Wedding Knives
Wednesday
Weed of Worcester
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Weeping Cross
Weeping Philosopher
Weeping Saint
Weigh Anchor
Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting
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Weissnichtwo
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Well of Wisdom
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Wharncliffe
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Whately
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Wicked Bible
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Wicked Weed
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Winter's Tale
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Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One
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Wiseacre
Wisest Man of Greece
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Wishing-coat
Wishing-rod
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Wisp of Straw
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Wits
Witch
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Witch Hazel
Witch of Endor
Witch's Bridle
Witches' Sabbath
Witchcraft
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Withers of a Horse
Within the Pale
Witney
Wittington
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Wives of Literary Men
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Woe to Thee, O Land
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Woodbine
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Wooden Sword
Wooden Wall
Wooden Wedge
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Woodwardian Professor
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Woolen
Woolsack
Woolwich Infant
Worcester
Worcester College
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Word to the Wise
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Wormwood
Worse than a Crime
Worship
Worsted
Worth
Worthies
Wound
Wraith
Wrangler
Wrath's Hole
Wraxen
Wright of Norwich
Write
Write Like an Angel
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Wrong Side of the Blanket
Wrong Side of the Cloth
Wrong Sow by the Ear
Wrongun
Wroth Money
Wulstan
Wunderberg
Wyn-monath
Wynd
Wyoming
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