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Zephyr

The west wind, the son of AEolus and Aurora, and the lover of Flora. (Roman mythology.)

Pas de zephyr.

Standing on one foot and balancing the other backwards and forwards.

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

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