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Ogleby (Lord)

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A superannuated nobleman who affects the gaiety and graces of a young man. (Clandestine Marriage, by Garrick and Colman the Elder.)

 

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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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Off-hand
Off his Head
Off the Hooks
Off with his Head! So much for Buckingham!
Offa’s Dyke
Og
Og
Oghams
Oghris
Ogier the Dane
Ogleby (Lord)
Ogres
OGroat
Ogygian Deluge
Oi Polloi
Oignement de Bretaigne (French)
Oignons dEgypte
Oil
Oil of Palms
Oil on Troubled Waters
Oil the Knocker (To)