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Strong-back

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One of Fortunio’s servants. He was so strong he could carry any weight upon his back without difficulty. (Grimm’s Goblins, Fortunio.)

 

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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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