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 Tobo’so.Toby (the dog), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tobo’sian.
 
The rampant Man’chegan lion shall be united to the white Tobosian dove. Literally, Don Quixote de la Mancha shall marry Dulcin’ea del Toboso. Metaphorically, “None but the brave deserve the fair.”   1
 


 Tobo’so.Toby (the dog), 

 
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