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Alcinoo poma dare (to give apples to Alcinŏus)

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To carry coals to Newcastle; sending cider to Herefordshire. The orchards of Alcinŏus, King of Coreyra (Corfu), were famous for their fruits.

 

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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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Alcaic Verse
Alcantara (Order of)
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Alceste
Alchemilla
Alchemy (Al-ki-mĕ)
Alcimedon
Alcina
Alcinoo poma dare (to give apples to Alcinŏus)
Alcofribas
Alcuith
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Alderman (An)
Aldgate Pump
Aldibo-ronte-phosco-phornio
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