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Andrew

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a name commonly used in old plays for a valet or man-servant. Probably a Merry Andrew is simply the mirth-making Andrew or domestic jester. (See Merry Andrew.)

Similarly, Abigail is used in old plays for a waiting gentlewoman. (See Abigall.)

 

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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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Anchor (The)
Anchor Watch (An)
Ancien Régime
Ancient
Ancient Mariner
Ancient of Days (Daniel iii. 9)
Ancile
And
Andirons or Hand-irons
Andrea Ferrara
Andrew
Andrew (An)
Andrew (St.)
Andrew Macs (The)
Androcles and the Lion
Android
Andromeda
Andronica (in Orlando Furioso)
Anent
Ange de Grève (French)
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