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Doubting Castle

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The castle of the giant Despair, in which Christian and Hopeful were incarcerated, but from which they escaped by means of the key called “Promise.” (Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress.)

 

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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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Double Dutch
Double-edged Sword
Double Entendre (English-French for Un mot à double entente, or à deux ententes)
Double First (A)
Double-headed Eagle (The)
Double-tongued
Double up (To)
Double X
Double or Quits
Doubles or Double-walkers
Doubting Castle
Douceur. (French.)
Douglas
Douglas Tragedy (The)
Douse the Glim
Dousterswivel
Dout
Dove
Dove (The)
Doves Dung
Dover (A)

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