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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Pitch

Touch pitch, and you will be defiled. “The finger that touches rougs will be red.” “Evil communications corrupt good manners” “A rotten apple injures its companions.”

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

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