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Dec 2, 2009
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Paddock

Cold as a paddock. A paddock is a toad or frog; and we have the corresponding phrases “cold as a toad,” and “cold as a frog.” Both are cold-blooded. “Paddock calls.” (Macbeth, i. 1.)

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