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Plutus

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Rich as Plutus. In Greek mythology Plutos is the god of riches. Plutus and Pluto are widely different.

 

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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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Plum
Plume Oneself (To)
Plumes
Plumper (A)
Plunger
Plus Ultra
Plush (John)
Pluto
Pluto
Plutonic Rocks
Plutus
Plymouth Brethren
Plymouth Cloak (A)
Pocahontas
Pocket (diminutive of poche, a pouch)
Pocket an Insult (To)
Pocket Borough (A)
Pocket Judgment (A)
Pocket Pistol (A)
Pocket Pistol (Queen Bess’s)
Poco

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Plutus