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 Bathyllus.Ba’trachomy’omachia (pronounce Ba-trak’o-my’o-mak’ia). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Batiste.
 
The fabric is so called from Baptiste of Cambrai, who first manufactured it.   1
 


 Bathyllus.Ba’trachomy’omachia (pronounce Ba-trak’o-my’o-mak’ia). 

 
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