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Costard

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A large apple, and, metaphorically, a man’s head. (See Costermonger.)

“Take him over the costard with the hilts of thy sword.”—Shakespeare: Richard III., i. 4.

 

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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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Corydon
Coryphæus (The) or “Coryphēus.”
Coryphæus of German Literature (The)
Coryphæus of Grammarians
Coryphée
Cosa (plu. Cosas)
Cosmiel
Cosmopolite
Cosset
Costard
Costard
Costermonger
Cote-hardi
Cotereaux (French)
Coterie
Cotillon (co-til-yon)
Cotset
Cotswold Barley
Cotswold Lion
Cotta
Cottage Countess (The)