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 Left,Left-handed Marriage. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Left-handed Compliment (A).
 
A compliment which insinuates a reproach. (See below.)   1
 


 Left,Left-handed Marriage. 

 
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