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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—P

Prendre un Rat par la Queue

To pick a pocket. This proverb is very old- it was popular in the reign of Louis XIII.

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