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Cuʹnobelin’s Gold Mines

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Caverns in the chalk beds of Little Thurrock, Essex; so called from the tradition that King Cuʹnobelin hid in them his gold. They are sometimes called Dane-holes, because they were used as lurking-places by the Norsemen.

 

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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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Culverkeys
Cum Grano Salis
Cum Hoc, Propter Hoc
Cumberland Poet (The)
Cummer
Cunctator [the delayer]
Cuneiform Letters
Cunning Man or Woman
Cuno
Cunobelin’s Gold Mines
Cunstance
Cuntur
Cup
Cup
Cup Tosser
Cup of Vows (The)
Cups
Cupar
Cupar Justice
Cupboard Love