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 Cataphryg’ians.Catas’trophe (4 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Catarrh.
 
A cold in the head. The word means a down-running; from the Greek katarrheo (to flow down).   1
 


 Cataphryg’ians.Catas’trophe (4 syl.). 

 
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