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Fariʹna

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Ejusdem farinœ. Other rubbish of the same sort. Literally, “Other loaves of the same batch.” Our more usual expressions are, “Others of the same kidney,” “others of the same feather,” “others tarred with the same brush.”

 

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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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Far and Away
Far Cry from
Far fetched
Far Gone
Far Niente
Farce
Farceur (The)
Farcy or Farcin (Latin, farcimen, a sausage, any stuffed meat)
Fare
Fare Well (To)
Farina
Farinata
Farleu or Farley
Farm
Farmer George
Farmers
Farnese Bull [Far-na-ze]
Farnese Hercules [Far-na-ze Hercu-lees]
Faroese
Farrago
Farringdon Ward (London)