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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Pent’house (2 syl.). | |
| A hat with a broad brim. The allusion is to the hood of a door, or coping of a roof. (Welsh, penty; Spanish, pentice; French, appentice, also pente, a slope.) | 1 |
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