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Petruchio
A gentleman of Verona who undertakes to tame the haughty
Katharine, called the Shrew. He marries her, and without the
least personal chastisement brings her to lamb-like submission. (Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrow.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Petruchio from Infoplease:
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