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 Resolute (The).Rest on One’s Oars. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Rest (The).
 
A contraction of resid’ue—thus, resid’, resit, res’t.   1
 


 Resolute (The).Rest on One’s Oars. 

 
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