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Halifax (in Nova Scotia)

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So called by the Hon. Edward Cornwallis, the governor, in compliment to his patron, the Earl of Halifax (1749).

 

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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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Half
Half-baked
Half-deck
Half-done
Half-faced Groat (You)
Half-seas Over
Halfpenny
Halgaver
Halifax
Halifax (in Nova Scotia)
Halifax Law
Hall Mark
Hall Sunday
Hall of Odin
Hallam’s Greek
Hallel
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Lass (A)
Hallelujah Victory
Halloo when out of the Wood