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Conʹgreve Rockets

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(1808.) So called from Sir William Congreve, eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Congreve (1772–1828).

 

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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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Confederate States
Confederation of the Rhine
Confession
Confiscate
Confusion Worse Confounded
Congé
Congé dElire
Congleton Bears
Congregationalists
Congreve Rockets
Congreves
Conjugal
Conjuring Cap
Connecticut
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Conqueror
Conqueror’s Nose (A)
Conquest (The)
Conrad (Lord)
Conscience