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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bulbul.
 
The nightingale. A Persian word, familiarised by Tom Moore.   1
       
“’Twas like the notes, half-ecstasy, half-pain,
The bulbul utters.”
       
Moore: Lalla Rookh (Veiled Prophet, part 1, stanza 14).
 


 Builder’s Square.Bulis, 

 
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