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Palmy Days

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Prosperous or happy days, as those were to a victorious gladiator when he went to receive the palm branch as the reward of his prowess.

 

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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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Pallas
Pallet
Palliate
Palm
Palm Off (To)
Palm Oil
Palm Sunday
Palm Tree
Palmer
Palmerin of England
Palmy Days
Palsy
Paludamentum
Pam
Pamela
Pampas
Pamper
Pamphlet
Pamphyle
Pan
Panacea