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Build

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for make, as, A man of strong build, a man of robust make. The metaphor is evident.

 

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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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Buffalo Robe (A)
Buffer
Buffer (A)
Buffoon
Buffoons
Buffs
Bugaboo
Bugbear
Buggy
Buhl-work
Build
Build
Builder’s Square
Bulbul
Bulis
Bull
Bull
Bull
Bull and Gate. Bull and Mouth
Bull-dog (A)
Bull-dogs