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Harĭkĭrĭ. [Happy despatch.]

A method of enforcing suicide by disembowelling among Japanese officials when government considered them worthy of death.

 

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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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Hardouin
Hardy (Letitia)
Hare
Hare-brained, or Hair-brained
Harefoot
Hare-lip
Hare-stone = Hour-stone
Hare and the Tortoise (The)
Hares shift their Sex
Haricot Mutton
Harĭkĭrĭ. [Happy despatch.]
Hark Back (To)
Harlequin
Harlot
Harlowe (Clarissa)
Harm
Harmless as a Dove
Harmonia’s Necklace
Harmonia’s Robe
Harness
Harness Cask