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Heep (Uriʹah)

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An abject toady, malignant as he is base; always boasting of his ʹumble birth, ʹumble position, ʹumble abode, and ʹumble calling. (Dickens: David Copperfield.)

 

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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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Hectors
Hecuba
Hedge
Hedge Lane (London)
Hedge Priest
Hedge School (A)
Hedonism
Heel, Heels
Heel-tap
Heenan
Heep (Uriah)
Hegemony (g hard)
Hegira
Heimdall
Heimdall’s Horn
Heimdaller
Heims-kringla (The)
Heir - apparent
Heir-presumptive
Hel or Hela (in Scandinavian mythology)
Hel Keplein