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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Threshers

Members of the Catholic organisation instituted in 1806. One object was to resist the payment of tithes. Their threats and warnings were signed “Captain Thresher.”

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