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Cartʹridge Paper

was originally manufactured for soldiersʹ cartridges. The word is a corruption of cartouche, from carta (paper).

 

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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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Cart before the Horse
Carte Blanche (French)
Carte de Visite (French)
Cartesian Philosophy
Carthage of the North
Carthagena
Carthaginem esse Delendam (censeo)
Carthaginian Faith
Carthusians
Cartoons
Cartridge Paper
Caryates or Caryatids
Caryatic Order or Caryatidic Order
Casabianca
Casca
Case (To)
Case-hardened
Cashier
Casino
Casket Homer
Caspar