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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Shaddock.
 
A large kind of orange, so called from Captain Shaddock, who first transplanted one in the West Indies. It is a native of China and Japan.   1
 


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