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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Man Friday (A).
 
A useful and faithful servant, like the Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe.   1
        “Count von Rechberg … was Prince Bismarck’s ‘Man Friday.’”—Athenœum, 1881.
 


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