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Knot and Bridle (A)

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“Upon her head a small mob-cap she placed.

Of lawn so stiff, with large flowered ribbon graced,

Yclept a knot and bridle, in a bow,

Of scarlet flaming, her long chin below.”

Peter Pindar: Portfolio (Dinah).

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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.