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Maroon (To)

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To set a man on a desert island and abandon him there. This marooning was often practised by pirates and buccaneers. (See above.)

 

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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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Maron or Marron (French)
Maronites
Maroon
Maroon (To)
Marozia
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Marriage Knot (The)
Marriage Plates
Marriages
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