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Cloacina

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Goddess of sewers. (Latin, cloaʹca, a sewer)

“Then Cloacina, goddess of the tide,

Whose sable streams beneath the city glide

Indulged the modish flame, the town she roved,

A mortal scavenger she saw she loved.”


Oay Trivia ii.

 

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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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Climacteric Years
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Clipping Pace (A)
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Cloacina
Cloak and Sword Plays
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Cloister
Clootie
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Close as a Clam
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