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Currant

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A corruption of Corinth, hence called by Juʹvenal Corinthiʹaca uvæ.

 

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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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Cupid
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid’s Golden Arrow
Cupidon (Le jeune)
Cur
Curate
Curé de Meudon
Curetes
Curfew Bell
Curmudgeon
Currant
Current
Currente Calamo (Latin)
Currer Bell
Curry Favour
Curse or Cuss
Curse of Scotland
Curses
Cursing by Bell, Book, and Candle
Cursitor (Latin, clericus de cursu)
Curst