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 Cav’eat Emptor.Cavendish Tobacco. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cavell
 
or Cavel. A parcel or allotment of land measured by a cord or cable. (German, kabel, whence kaveln, to assign by lot.)   1
 


 Cav’eat Emptor.Cavendish Tobacco. 

 
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