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Aïrapʹadam

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The white elephant, one of the eight which, according to Indian mythology, sustain the earth.

 

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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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Aim-crier
Air
Air
Air
Air one’s opinions (To)
Air-brained
Air-line
Air-ship (An)
Air-throne
Airs
Aïrapadam
Aisle (pronounoe ile)
Aitch-bone
Ajax
Ajax
Akbar
Akuan
Akuman
Alabama
Alabaster
Aladdin