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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
: W
E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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Wabun
Wabung Annung
Wade
Wade's Boat
Wadham College
Wadman
Wag Beards
Wages
Wages of Sin
Wagoner
Wahabites
Waifs and Strays
Waistcoat
Waiters upon Providence
Waits
Wake
“Waking a Witch”
Walbrook Ward
Walcheren Expedition
Waldemar's Way
Waldenses
Waldo
Wales
Walk
Walk Chalks
Walk Spanish
Walk not in the Public Ways
Walk the Plank
Walk through One's Part
Walker
Walker's 'Bus
Walking Gentleman
Walking Sword
Walkyries
Wall
Wall-eyed
Walls have Ears
Wallace's Larder
Wallflower
Walloons
Wallop
Wallsend Coals
Walnut
Walnut Tree
Walpurgis Night
Walston
Walter Multon
Waltham Blacks
Walton
Walton Bridle
Wamba
Wan
Wand
Wandering Jew
Wandering Willie
Wandering Wood
Wans Dyke
Want
Wants
Wantley
Wapentake
Wapping Great
War of the Meal-sacks
War of the Roses
Ward
Ward Money, Ward-penny
Warden-pie
Ware
Warlock
Warm Reception
Warm as a Bat
Warming-pan
Warming-pan
Warning Stone
Warp
Warp and Weft
Warrior Queen
Warwick
Warwick Lane
Warwolf
Washed Out
Washing
Washington of Columbia
Wassail
Wassailers
Wastlers
Wat
Wats Dyke
Watch Night
Watch on Board Ship
Watchet
Water
Water-gall
Water-hole
Water-logged
Water-Poet
Water-sky
Water Stock
Water of Jealousy
Water Tasting like Wine
Waters
Waterloo Cup
Waterworks
Watling Street
Watteau
Wave
Wax-bond End
Way-bit
Ways and Means
Wayfaring Tree
Wayland
Wayland Smith's Cave
Wayland Wood
Wayleaves
Wayzgoose
We
We Three
We Left Our Country for Our Country's Good
Weak as Water
Weak-kneed Christian
Weapon Salve
Wear
Weasel
Weather Breeder
Weather-cock
Weather-eye
Weather-gage
Weather-glass
Web of Life
Wed
Wedding Anniversaries
Wedding Finger
Wedding Knives
Wednesday
Weed of Worcester
Weeds
Weeping Brides
Weeping Cross
Weeping Philosopher
Weeping Saint
Weigh Anchor
Weighed in the Balance, and found Wanting
Weight
Weight-for-age Race
Weissnichtwo
Welcher
Weld
Well Begun is Half Done
Well-beloved
Well-founded Doctor
Well of English Undefiled
Well of St. Keyne
Well of Samaria
Well of Wisdom
Wells
Weller
Wellington
Welsh Ambassador
Welsh Main
Welsh Mortgage
Welsh Rabbit
Welsher
Wench
Werner
Werther
Werwolf
Wesleyan
Wessex
Westmoreland
Wet
Wet-bob
Wet Finger
Wetherell
Wexford Bridge Massacre
Weyd-monat
Whale
Whalebone
Wharncliffe
Wharton
What we Gave we Have, What we Spent we Had, What we Had we Lost
What's What
Whately
Wheal
Wheatear
Wheel
Wheel of Fortune
Whelps
Whetstone
Whetstone of Witte
Whig
Whiggism
Whip
Whip-dog Day
Whip with Six Strings
Whipping Boy
Whiskers
Whisky
Whisky-drinker
Whist
Whistle
Whistle Down the Wind
Whistle for the Wind
White
White Bird
White Caps
White-coat
White Cockade
White Company
White Czar
White Elephant
White Feather
White Friars
White Harvest
White Hat
White Horse
White Horses
White House
White Ladies
White Lies
White Moments of Life
White Moon
White Night
White Poplar
White Rose
White Sheep
White Squall
White Stone
White Surrey
White Tincture
White Water-lotus
White Widow
White Witch
White as Driven Snow
White in the Eye
Whitebait Dinner
Whiteboys
Whitehall
Whitewashed
Whit-leather
Whitsunday
Whittington
Whittle
Whittle Down
Whitworth Gun
Whole Duty of Man
Whole Gale
Whom the Gods Love Die Young
Wick, Wicked
Wicked Bible
Wicked Prayer Book
Wicked Weed
Wicket-gate
Wicliffe
Wide-awake
Widenostrils
Widow
Widow Bird
Widow's Cap
Widow's Piano
Widow's Port
Wieland
Wife
Wig
Wight
Wigwam'
Wild
Wild Boar
Wild Boy of Hamelin
Wild Children
Wild-goose Chase
Wild Huntsman
Wild Oats
Wild Women
Wild Women
Wild as a March Hare
Wilde
Wile away Time
Wilfrid
Wilhelm Meister
Will not when They may
William
William L
Willie-Wastle
Willow
Willow Garland
Willow Pattern
Willy-nilly
Wilmington
Wil't
Wiltshire
Winchester
Wind Egg
Winds
Windfall
Windmills
Windmill Street
Window
Wine
Wine-month
Wine Mingled with Myrrh
Winfrith
Wing, Wings
Wings of Azrael
Winged Rooks
Winifred
Winkle
Wint-monath
Winter, Summer
Winter's Tale
Wipple-tree
Wisdom-tooth
Wisdom of Many and the Wit of One
Wise
Wise as a Serpent
Wise as Solomon
Wise as the Mayor of Banbury
Wise as the Women of Mungret
Wise Men
Wise Men of Greece
Wise Men of the East
Wise Men of Gotham
Wiseacre
Wisest Man of Greece
Wish-wash
Wishy-washy
Wishart
Wishing-bone
Wishing-cap
Wishing-coat
Wishing-rod
Wisp
Wisp of Straw
Wit
Wits
Witch
Witch-finder
Witch Hazel
Witch of Endor
Witch's Bridle
Witches' Sabbath
Witchcraft
Witenagemot
Witham
Withe
Withers of a Horse
Within the Pale
Witney
Wittington
Witwold
Wives of Literary Men
Wo!
Woo'
Woosh
Woo-tee Dynasty
Woden
Woe to Thee, O Land
Woful
Wokey
Wolf
Wolf Men
Wolf-month
Wolf's-bane
Wolves
Wonder
Wonder-worker
Wood
Wood's Halfpence
Woodbind
Woodbine
Woodcock
Wooden Horse
Wooden Horse of Troy
Wooden Mare
Wooden Spoon
Wooden Sword
Wooden Wall
Wooden Wedge
Woodfall
Woodwardian Professor
Wool
Wool-gathering
Woolen
Woolsack
Woolwich Infant
Worcester
Worcester College
Word
Word to the Wise
Words
Working on the Dead Horse
World
Worm
Worms
Wormwood
Worse than a Crime
Worship
Worsted
Worth
Worthies
Wound
Wraith
Wrangler
Wrath's Hole
Wraxen
Wright of Norwich
Write
Write Like an Angel
Wrong
Wrong End of the Stick
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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