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Cage

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To whistle or sing in the cage. The cage is a jail, and to whistle in a cage is to turn Queen’s evidence, or peach against a comrade.

 

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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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Cædmon
Cærite Franchise (The)
Caerleon
Cæsar
Cæsarian Operation
Cæsarism
Cæteris paribus (Latin)
Caf (Mount)
Caftan
Cag Mag
Cage
Cagliostro
Cagots
Cahors
Caiaphas
Cain-coloured Beard
Cainites
Cairds
Caius (Dr.)
Cake
Cake