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Chronon-hoton-tholʹogos [ch = k]

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A burlesque pomposo in Henry Carey’s farce, so called. Anyone who delivers an inflated address.

“A ldiborontephoscophornio, where left you Chrononhotonthologos?”—H. Carey.

 

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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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Christolytes [Kris-to-lites]
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Chronicle Small Beer (To)
Chronicon ex Chronicis
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Chrysalis [ch = k]
Chrysaor [ch = k]
Chrysippus
Chubb (Thomas)
Chuck Full
Chukwa
Chum
Chum in with (To)
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