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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Vulcan's Badge

That of cuckoldom. Venus was Vulcan's wife, but her amour with Mars gave Vulcan the badge referred to.

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

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