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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Parchment

So called from Pergamon in Lesser Asia, where it was used for purposes of writing when Ptolemy prohibited the exportation of paper from Egypt.

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