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Wicket-gate

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The entrance to the road that leadeth to the Celestial City. Over the portal is the inscription—“Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” (Bunyan: Pilgrim’s Progress.)

 

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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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Whittle (A)
Whittle Down
Whitworth Gun
Whole Duty of Man
Whole Gale (A)
Whom the Gods Love Die Young [Herodotos]
Wick, Wicked
Wicked Bible
Wicked Prayer Book (The)
Wicked Weed (The)
Wicket-gate
Wicliffe (John)
Wide-awake
Widenostrils
Widow
Widow (in Hudibras)
Widow Bird
Widow’s Cap
Widow’s Piano
Widow’s Port
Wieland