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Greek Trust

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No trust at all. “Grœca fides” was with the Romans no faith at all. A Greek, in English slang, means a cheat or sharper, and Greek bonds are sadly in character with Grœca fides.

 

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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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Greek Life
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Greeks
Green
Green Bag
Green Bird (The)
Green Cloth
Green Dogs
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Green Goose (A)
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