refers to the poisoned leg of mutton of which Mahomet partook while in the citadel of Khaïbar. It was poisoned by Zaïnab, a Jewess, and Mahomet felt the effects of the poison to the end of his life.
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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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