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Cherʹubims

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The 11th Hussars are so called, by a bad pun, because their trousers are of a cherry colour.

 

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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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Chef dŒuvre
Chemistry [kemistry]
Chemos or Chemosh [Keemosh]
Chennappa
Chenu (French)
Chequers
Cheronean [ch = k]
Cherry
Cherry Fairs
Cherry Trees and the Cuckoo
Cherubims
Chery and Fair-Star
Cheshire
Chess
Chesterfield
Chestnut
Chestnut Sunday
Cheval (French, à cheval)
Cheval de Bataille (His)
Chevalier dIndustrie
Chevalier du Brouillard (Le)