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Cham (kam)

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The sovereign prince of Tartary, now written “khan.”

Fetch you a hair off the great Cham’s beard.”—Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing, ii. 1.

The great Cham of Literature. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709–1784).

 

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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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Chair-days
Chair of St. Peter (The)
Chalcedony [kalcedony]
Chaldee’s (Kal-dees)
Chalk
Chalk and Cheese
Chalks
Challenge to the Array (A)
Challenge to the Polls (A)
Challenging a Jury
Cham (kam)
Chambre Ardente (French)
Chameleon
Champ de Manœuvre (Le)
Champs de Mai
Champs de Mars
Champak
Champerty
Champion and Severall
Champion of England
Chance

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