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 O’leum Adde Camino.Ol’ifaunt. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Olib’rius (An).
 
The wrong man in the wrong place. Olib’rius was a Roman senator, proclaimed emperor by surprise in 472, but he was wholly unsuited for the office.   1
 


 O’leum Adde Camino.Ol’ifaunt. 

 
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