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• Stand Sam - Stand Sam (To). (See Sam.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 Related ...
• Sam - Sam Uncle Sam. The United States Government. Mr. Frost tells us that the inspectors of Elbert ...
• Pay - Pay (sea term). To cover with pitch. (Latin, picare, to cover with pitch.) Here's the devil to ...
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