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Venice of the West

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“Another element in the blazon of the ‘Venice of the Westʹ is a fish laid across the stem of the tree, ‘in base,ʹ as the heralds say.”—J. H. Burton.

 

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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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Vendémiaire
Vendetta
Vendredi (French)
Venerable
Vengeur (Le)
Veni, Creator Spiritus
Veni, Sanote Spiritus
Veni, Vidi, Vici
Venial Sin
Venice Glass
Venice of the West
Venison
Venom
Venomous Preacher (The)
Ventilate a Subject (To)
Ventre-saint-Gris!
Ventriloquism
Venus
Venus Anadyomene
Venus Genetrix
Venus Victrix