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Bude or Gurney Light

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The latter is the name of the inventor, and the former the place of his abode. (Golds-worthy Gurney, of Bude, Cornwall.)

 

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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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Buckle
Buckler
Bucklersbury (London)
Buckmaster’s Light Infantry
Buckra
Buckshish or Baksheesh
Buddha
Buddhism
Buddhist
Bude or Gurney Light
Budge
Budge (To)
Budge Baehelors
Budget
Buff
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Robe (A)
Buffer
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Buffoon