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Caxon

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A worn-out wig; also a big cauliflower wig, worn out or not. It has been suggested that the word is from the proper name, but nothing whatever is known about such a person.

People scarce could decide on its phiz,

Which looked wisest—the caxon or jowl.


Peter Pindar: The Portfolio.

 

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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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Cavê ne literas Bellerophontis adferras
Cave of Achadh Aldai
Cave of Adullam (The)
Cave of Mammon
Caveat
Caveat Emptor
Cavell
Cavendish Tobacco
Caviare
Cavo-rilievo
Caxon
C. D
Cean
Ceca to Mecca (From)
Cecilia (St.)
Cecil’s Fast
Ced
Cedar
Cedilla
Ceelict (St.)
Ceinture de la Reine