Brewer's: Warwick

(Anglo-Saxon, war-wic, contracted from waering-wic (the fortified or garrisoned town). A translation of the ancient British name Caer Leon.

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