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Bundschuh [highlows]

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An insurrection of the peasants of Germany in the sixteenth century. So called from the highlows or clouted shoon of the insurgents.

 

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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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Bumbledom
Bummarees
Bumper
Bumpkin
Bumptious
Bun
Bunch of Fives
Buncle (John)
Bundle
Bundle of Sticks
Bundschuh [highlows]
Bung
Bungalow (Indian)
Bungay
Bungay
Bunkum
Bunny
Bunsby (Jack)
Bunting
Buphagos
Burbon