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Abʹsalom

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James, Duke of Monmouth, the handsome but rebellious son of Charles II. in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel (1649–1685).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamites
Abram-colour
Abram-Man
Abraxas Stones
Abreast
Abridge
Abroach
Abroad
Abrogate
Absalom
Absalom and Achitophel
Abscond
Absent
Absent Man (The)
Absolute
Absquatulate
Abstemious
Abstract Numbers
Abstraction
Absurd

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Absalom