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Colt (A)

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A barrister who attends a sergeant-at-law at his induction.

“I accompanied the newly-made Chief Baron as his colt.”—Pollock.

“Then Mr. Bailey, his colt, delivered his ring to the Lord Chancellor.”—Wynne.

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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.