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Wishing-coat

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Wille Wynkin’s wishing-coat. An Irish locution.

“I wish I had here Willie Wynkin’s wishing-coat.”—Howard Pyle: Robin Hood, p. 200.

 

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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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Wisest Man of Greece
Wish-wash
Wishy-washy
Wishart (George)
Wishing-bone
Wishing-cap
Wishing-coat
Wishing-rod (The)
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Witch-finder
Witch Hazel
Witch of Endor
Witch’s Bridle