Hoʹgen Moʹgen
. Holland or the Netherlands; so called from Hoogē en Mogendé (high and mighty), the Dutch style of addressing the States-General.
“But I have sent him for a token
To your Low-country Hogen-Mogen.”
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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.