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More Kicks than Haʹpence

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Like the monkey which plays tricks for his master. The monkey gets the kicks and the master the haʹpence.

 

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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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Moralist
Moran’s Collar
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Moratorium
Moravians or Bohemian Brethren
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