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Auʹri

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Auri sacra famēs (the cursed hunger for wealth), applied to that restless craving for money which is almost a monomania.

 

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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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Augustinians
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Aulay
Auld Brig and New Brig
Auld Hornie
Auld Reekie
Aulic Council
Aunt Sally
Aureola
Auri
Aurora
Aurora Australis
Aurora Borealis (Latin)
Aurora Raby
Aurora Septentrionalis
Ausonia
Auspices
Auster
Austin Friars
Austrian Lip