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Down-trod

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Despised, as one trodden under foot.        

“I will lift


The down-trod Mortimer as high iʹ the air

As this ungrateful king.”

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Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., i. 3.

 

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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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Dowlas (Mr.)
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Down in the Dumps
Down on Him (To be)
Down on his Luck
Down to the Ground
Down - hearted
Down Town
Down-trod
Downfall (A)
Downing Professor
Downing Street (London)
Downpour (A)
Downright
Downright Dunstable
Downstairs
Downy (The)
Downy Cove (A)
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