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Castor

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A hat. Castor is the Latin for a beaver, and beaver means a hat made of the beaver’s skin.

Tom Trot


Took his new castor from his head.”


Randall: Diary.

 

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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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Cast Pearls before Swine (To)
Casting Vote
Castagnette (Captain)
Castaly
Caste
Castle Builder (A)
Castle in the Air
Castle of Bungay (My)
Castle of Indolence
Castle Terabil (or “Terrible”)
Castor
Castor and Pollux
Castor’s Horse
Casuist
Casus Belli (Latin)
Cat
Cat-call
Cat-eyed
Cat Jumps (The)
Cat Stane
Cat and Dog

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