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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Pales’tra (3 syl.). | |
Either the act of wrestling, etc., or the place in which the Grecian youths practised athletic exercises. (Greek, pal , wrestling.) | 1 |
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