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Hieroclean Legacy

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The legacy of jokes. Hiĕoclē’s, in the fifth Christian century, was the first person who hunted up and compiled jokes. After a life-long labour he mustered together as many as twenty-eight, which he has left to the world as his legacy.

 

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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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Hexapla
Hext
Heyday of Youth
Hiawatha
Hibernia
Hic Jacets
Hickathrift (Tom or Jack)
Hickory
Hidalgo
Hide of Land (A)
Hieroclean Legacy
Higgledy-piggledy
High-born
High Church
High Days = festivals
High Falutin or Hifaluten
High Hand
High Heels and Low Heels
High Horse
High Jinks
High Life