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 Cloister.Clorida’no (in Orlando Furioso). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Clootie.
 
Auld Clootie. Old Nick The Scotch call a cloven hoof a cloot, so that Auld Clootie is Old Cloven-foot.   1
 


 Cloister.Clorida’no (in Orlando Furioso). 

 
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