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The Grand Tour. Through France, Switzerland, Italy, and home by Germany. Before railways were laid down, this tour was made by most of the young aristocratic families as the finish of their education. Those who merely went to France or Germany were simply tourists.

 

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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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Totus Teres atque Rotundus
Touch
Touch
Touch At (To)
Touch Bottom (To)
Touch Up (To)
Touch and Go (A)
Touchet
Touchstones
Touchy
Tour
Tour de Force
Tourlourou
Tournament or Tournay
Tournemine
Tours
Tout (pronounce towt)
Tout Ensemble (French)
Tout est Perdu Hormis LHonneur
Tout le Monde
Tower of Hunger