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Subvolʹvans or Subvolvaʹni

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The antagonists of the Privolvans in Samuel Butler’s satirical poem called The Elephant in the Moon.

“The gallant Subvolvani rally,

And from their trenches make a sally.”


Verse 83, etc.

 

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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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Sub-Lapsarian, Supra-Lapsarian
Sub Rosa
Sublime Port
Sublime Porte (The)
Submerged (The) or The Submerged Tenth
Submit
Subpœna
Subsidy
Substitution of Service (The)
Subtle Doctor
Subvolvans or Subvolvani
Succession Powder
Succinct
Succoth
Suck the Monkey
Sucking Young Patricians
Suckle
Sucre
Suds (Mrs.)
Suffolk
Suffrage