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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

January

The month dedicated by the Romans to Janus (q.v.). Janus had two faces, and January could look back to the year past, and forwards to the current year.

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