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 On’slow,O’nus Proban’di. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
O’nus (Latin).
 
The burden, the blame, the responsibility; as, “The whole onus must rest on your own shoulders.”   1
 


 On’slow,O’nus Proban’di. 

 
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