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Brewer's: Cunobelin's Gold Mines
Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cunobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as lurking-places by the Norsemen.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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