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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—T

Tongue of the Trump

(The). The spokesman or leader of a party. The trump means a Jew's harp, which is vocalised by the tongue.

“The tongue of the trump to them a'.”

Burns.

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