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Hart of Grease (A)

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A hunter’s phrase for a fat venison; a stag full of the pasture, called by Jaques “a fat and greasy citizen.” (As You Like It, i. 1.) (See Heart of Grace.)

“It is a hart of grease, too, in full season, with three inches of fat on the brisket.”—Sir W. Scott: The Monastery, chap. xvii.

 

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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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Harridan
Harrier
Harrington
Harris
Harry (To) = to harass
Harry
Harry Soph
Hart
Hart Royal
Hart of Grease (A)
Harts
Hartnet
Harum Scarum
Haruspex (pl. haruspicēs)
Harvard College
Harvest Goose
Harvest Moon
Hash (A)
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