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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Mortstone

He may remove Mortstone. A Devonshire proverb, said incredulously of husbands who pretend to be masters of their wives. It also means, “If you have done what you say, you can accomplish anything.”

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