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Earthmen (The)

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Gnomes and fairies of the mines: a solemn race, who nevertheless can laugh most heartily and dance most merrily.        

We [earthmen] work at the mines for men; we put the ore in readiness for the miners.”—Besant and Rice: Titania’s Farewell.

 

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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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Ear-finger
Ear-marked
Ear-shot
Ears
Ears to ear Bible (The)
Earing
Earl
Earl of Mar’s Grey Breeks
Early to Bed
Earth
Earthmen (The)
Earthquakes
Earwig
Ease
Ease (Chapel of)
Ease Her!
East
East Indies
Easter
Easter-day Sun
Easter Eggs