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Bottes

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A propose de bottes. By the by, thus: Mais, Mons., à propos de bottes, comment se porte madame votre mère?

That venerable personage [the Chaldæan Charon] not only gives Izdubar instructions how to regain his health, but tells him, somewhat a propos des bottes … the long story of his perfidious adventure.”—Nineteenth Century, June, 1891, p. 911.

 

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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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Bosphorus=Ox ford
Boss
Bossum
Bostal
Botanomancy
Botany
Botch
Bother
Bothie System
Botley Assizes
Bottes
Bottle
Bottle-chart
Bottle-holder
Bottle-imps
Bottle-washer (Head)
Bottled Beer
Bottled Moonshine
Bottom
Bottom (Nick)
Bottomless