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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Venice of the West

Glasgow.

“Another element in the blazon of the `Venice of the West' is a fish laid across the stem of the tree, `in base,' as the heralds say.” —J. H. Burton.

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