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 Bonduca = Boadicea.Bone in my Throat. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bone.
 
Bred in the bone. A part of one’s nature. “What’s bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.” A natural propensity cannot be repressed. Naturam furcâ expellas, autem usque redibit.   1
 


 Bonduca = Boadicea.Bone in my Throat. 

 
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