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Cockpit of Europe

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Belgium is so called because it has been the site of more European battles than any other country; for example, Oudenarde, Ramillies, Fontenoy, Fleurus, Jemmapes, Ligny, Quatre Bras, Waterloo.

 

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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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Cocked-hat Club (The)
Cocker
Cockie or Cocky
Cockle Hat
Cockle Shells
Cockles
Cockles of the Heart
Cockledemoy (A)
Cockney
Cockney School
Cockpit of Europe
Cockshy (A)
Cockswain
Cocktail
Cocqcigrues
Cocytus [Ko-kytus]
Codds
Codille
Codlin’s your Friend, not Short
Coehorns
Cœnobites or Cenobites

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Cockpit of Europe