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Ventrilʹoquism

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speaking from the belly.” From the erroneous notion that the voice of the ventriloquist proceeded from his stomach. The best that ever lived was Brabant, the “engastrimist” of François I. (Latin, venter-loquor.)

 

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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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Venial Sin
Venice Glass
Venice of the West
Venison
Venom
Venomous Preacher (The)
Ventilate a Subject (To)
Ventre-saint-Gris!
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Venusberg
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