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Ram

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The usual prize at wrestling matches. Thus Chaucer says of his Mellere, “At wrastlynge he wolde bere away the ram.” (Canterbury Tales: Prologue 550.)

 

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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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Rainy Day (A)
Raise the Wind
Rajah
Rake
Rakshas
Rakush
Raleigh
Rally
Ralph or Ralpho
Ralph Roister Doister
Ram
Ram Feast (The)
Ram and Teazle (The)
Ram of the Zodiac (The)
Ram’s Horn (A)
Rama
Rama-Yana
Ramadan
Rambouillet
Ramee Samee
Rameses

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