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Sanʹglier (Sir)

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Meant for Shan OʹNeil, leader of the Irish insurgents in 1567. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, v.)

Sanglier des Ardennes. Guillaume de la Marck driven from Liège, for the murder of the Bishop of Liège, and beheaded by the Archduke Maximilian. (1446–1485.)

 

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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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Sanden [sandy-den]
Sandford and Merton
Sandjar
Sandschaki or Sandschaki-sherif [the standard of green silk]
Sandwich
Sandwichman (A)
Sang Bleu
Sang Froid (French, “cool blood”)
Sangaree
Sanglamore
Sanglier (Sir)
Sangrado (Dr.)
Sangreal
Sanguine [murrey]
Sanguinary James (A)
Sanhedrim
Sanjaksherif
Sans Culottes (French, without trousers)
Sans Culottides
Sans Peur et Sans Reproche
Sans Souci (French)