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Ram and Teazle (The)

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A public-house sign, is in compliment to the Clothiersʹ Company. The ram with the golden fleece is emblematical of wool, and the teazle is used for raising the nap of wool spun and woven into cloth.

 

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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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Rajah
Rake
Rakshas
Rakush
Raleigh
Rally
Ralph or Ralpho
Ralph Roister Doister
Ram
Ram Feast (The)
Ram and Teazle (The)
Ram of the Zodiac (The)
Ram’s Horn (A)
Rama
Rama-Yana
Ramadan
Rambouillet
Ramee Samee
Rameses
Ramiel
Raminagobris