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Fortunaʹtus

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You have found Fortunatus’s purse. Are in luck’s way. The nursery tale of Fortunaʹtus records that he had an inexhaustible purse. It is from the Italian fairy tales of Straparoʹla, called Nights. Translated into French in 1585. (See Wishing Cup.)

 

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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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Forgive, blest Shade
Forgiveness
Fork Out
Forks
Forked Cap (A)
Forlorn Hope
Forlot or Firlot
Forma Pauperis (Latin, Under plea of poverty)
Fortiter in Re (Latin)
Fortunate Islands
Fortunatus
Fortune
Fortunio
Forty
Forty Stripes save One
Forty Thieves
Forty Winks
Forty-five
Forwards (Marshal)
Foscari (Francis)
Foss (Corporal)

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Fortunatus