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Pluʹto

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The grave, or the god of that region where the dead go to before they are admitted into Elysium or sent to Tarʹtaros.

“Brothers, be of good cheer, this night we shall sup with Pluto.”—Leonidas to the three hundred Spartans before the battle of Thermopylœ.


“Give the untasted portion you have won …

To those who mock you, gone to Pluto’s reign.”


 

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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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Pluck his Goose
Plucked Pigeon (A)
Plugson of Undershot
Plum
Plume Oneself (To)
Plumes
Plumper (A)
Plunger
Plus Ultra
Plush (John)
Pluto
Pluto
Plutonic Rocks
Plutus
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Cloak (A)
Pocahontas
Pocket (diminutive of poche, a pouch)
Pocket an Insult (To)
Pocket Borough (A)
Pocket Judgment (A)

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Chariots or Cars
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Pluto