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Sampʹson

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A dominie Sampson. A humble pedantic scholar, awkward, irascible, and very old-fashioned. The character occurs in Sir Walter Scott’s Guy Mannering.

 

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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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Samian Sage (The)
Samiasa
Samiel
Samiel Wind, or Simoom
Sammael
Samoor
Samosatian Philosopher
Sampford Ghost (The)
Sampi
Sampler
Sampson
Samson
Samson Carrasco
San Benito (The)
San Christobal
San Suena
Sance-bell
Sancha
Sancho Panza
Sanchoniatho
Sanctum Sanctorum