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Blunt (Major-General)

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An old cavalry officer, rough in speech, but very brave and honest, of good understanding, and a true patriot. (Shadivell: The Volunteers.)

 

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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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Blue Talk
Blue Wonder (A)
Blue and Red
Blue and Yellow (The)
Blues (The)
Bluff (To)
Bluff Harry or Hal
Blunderbore
Blunderbuss
Blunt
Blunt (Major-General)
Blurt out (To)
Blush
Bo or Boh
Bo-tree
Boa
Boanergēs (sons of thunder)
Boar
Boar (The)
Boar’s Flesh
Boar’s Head. [The Christmas dish.]