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 Pirie’s Chair.Pis-aller (French). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Pirith’oös.
 
King of the Lapithæ, proverbial for his love of Theseus (2 syl.), King of Athens.   1
 


 Pirie’s Chair.Pis-aller (French). 

 
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