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Brasenose (Oxford)

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Over the gate is a brass nose, the arms of the college; but the word is a corruption of brasenhuis, a brasserie or brewhouse. (Latin, brasinʹium.)

 

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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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Bran-new or Brand-new
Brand
Brandenburg
Brandimart
Brandon
Brandons
Brandy is Latin for Goose
Brandy Nan
Branghtons (The)
Brank
Brasenose (Oxford)
Brass
Brat
Brave
Bravery
Bravest of the Brave
Brawn
Bray
Brazen Age
Brazen-faced
Brazen Head