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 Piebald.Pied Piper of Ham’elin. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pied de la Lettre (Au).
 
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        “Of course, you will not take everything I have said quite au pied de la lettre.”—Fra. Ollæ: A Philosophical Trilogy.
 


 Piebald.Pied Piper of Ham’elin. 

 
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