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Warwick

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(Anglo-Saxon, wær-wic, contracted from wæring-wic (the fortified or garrisoned town). A translation of the ancient British name Caer Leon.

 

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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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Ware
Warlock
Warm Reception (A)
Warm as a Bat
Warming-pan (A)
Warming-pan
Warning Stone
Warp (To)
Warp and Weft, or Woof
Warrior Queen (The)
Warwick
Warwick Lane (City)
Warwolf
Washed Out (I am thoroughly)
Washing
Washington of Columbia
Wassail
Wassailers
Wastlers
Wat
Wat’s Dyke (Flintshire)

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