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Snow King

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Gustavus Adolphus, of Sweden. (1594, 1611–1632.)

At Vienna he was called in derision the Snow King, who was kept together by the cold, but would melt and disappear as he approached a warmer soil.”—Dr. Crichton: Seandinavia, vol. ii. p. 61.

 

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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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Snarling Letter (Latin, litera canina)
Sneck Posset
Sneezed
Sneezing
Snickersnee
Snider Rifle
Snob
Snood
Snooks
Snore
Snow King
Snowdonia
Snowdrop (The)
Snuff
Snuff Out
Soane Museum
Soap
Soap (Castile)
Soaped-pig Fashion (In)
Soapy Sam
Sober or Sobrius