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 Caleys (A Stock Exchange term).Calf-skin. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Calf-love.
 
Youthful fancy as opposed to lasting attachment.   1
        “I thought it was a childish besotment you had for the man—a sort of calf-love… .”—Rhoda Broughton.
 


 Caleys (A Stock Exchange term).Calf-skin. 

 
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