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Merlin Chair (A)

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A three-wheeled invalid chair, with a double tyre to the two front wheels, the outer tyre being somewhat smaller than that on which the chair rests, so that by turning it with the hand the chair can be propelled. Named after the inventor.

 

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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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Mercury Fig
Mercutio
Mercy
Meredith (Owen)
Meridian (A)
Merino Sheep
Merioneth
Merian (French)
Merlin
Merlin Chair (A)
Merlo or Melo (Juan de)
Mermaids
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Mermaids Purses
Meropē
Merops Son or A son of Merops
Merovingian Dynasty
Merrie England
Merrow
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