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 Yeomen of the Guard.Yezd (1 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Yeth-Hounds.
 
Dogs without heads, said to be the spirits of unbaptised children, which ramble among the woods at night, making wailing noises. (Devonshire.)   1
 


 Yeomen of the Guard.Yezd (1 syl.). 

 
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