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Phylʹlis

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A country girl. (Virgil: Eclogues, iii. and v.)

Country messes,

Which the neat-handed Phyllis dresses.”


Milton: LʹAllegro.

 

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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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Phœnix Park (Dublin)
Phœnix Period
Phœnix Theatre
Phœnix Tree
Phooka or Pooka
Phorcos
Phormio
Phrygians
Phryne
Phylactery
Phyllis
Phyllis and Brunetta
Phyllising the Fair
Phynnodderee [the Hairy-one]
Physician
Physician or Fool
Physician, heal Thyself
Physignathos [one who swells the cheeks]
Piarists
Pic-nic
Picador (Spanish)

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