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Turnip Townsend

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The brother-in-law of Sir Robert Walpole, who, after his retirement from office in 1731, devoted himself to the improvement of agriculture.

 

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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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Turf (The)
Turk
Turk-Gregory
Turkey
Turkish Spy
Turlupin
Turmeric
Turncoat
Turning the Tables
Turnip-Garden (The)
Turnip Townsend
Turnspit Dog
Turpin
Turtle Doves
Tussle
Tut
Tutivillus
Twa Dogs
Twangdillo
Tweeds
Tweedledum and Tweedledee