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Stephen’s Bread (St.)

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Stones. Fed with St. Stephen’s bread. Stoned. In French, “Miches de St. Etienne.” In Italian, “Pan di St. Stefano.” Of course the allusion is to the stoning of Stephen.

 

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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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Steenie
Steeple-engine
Steeple-Jack (A)
Steeplechase
Stelvio
Stentor
Stentorian Lungs
Stentorophonic Voice
Stepfather and Father-in-law
Stephen
Stephen’s Bread (St.)
Stephens (Joanna)
Stepney Papers
Sterling Money
Stern
Sternhold (Thomas)
Sterry (in Hudibras)
Stewing in their own Gravy
Stick
Stickler
Stiff