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Roach

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Sound as a roach (French, Sain comme une roche). Sound as a rock.

 

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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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Riphean or Rhiphæan Rocks
Ripon
Riquet with a Tuft
Rise
Rising in the Air
Rivals
River Demon or River Horse
River of Paradise
River Flowing from the Ocean Inland
Rivers
Roach
Road
Road or Roadstead
Road-agent
Roads
Roan
Roan Barbary
Roarer
Roaring Boys or Roarers
Roaring Forties (The)
Roaring Game (The)