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Paul’s Man (A)

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A braggart; a captain out of service, with a long rapier; so called because St. Paul’s Walk was at one time the haunt of stale knights. Jonson called Bobadil (q.v.) a Paul’s man.

 

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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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Pattens-Money (Chapins de la Reina)
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Paul (St.)
Paul Pry
Paul and Virginia
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Paul of the Cross
Paul’s Man (A)
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