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 Cold as Charity.Cold Blood. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cold-Bath Fields.
 
So called from the cold baths established there by Mr. Bains, in 1697, for the cure of rheumatism, convulsions, and other nervous disorders.   1
 


 Cold as Charity.Cold Blood. 

 
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