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 Colt (A).Colt (To). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Colt (A).
 
A barrister who attends a sergeant-at-law at his induction.   1
        “I accompanied the newly-made Chief Baron as his colt.”—Pollock.
        “Then Mr. Bailey, his colt, delivered his ring to the Lord Chancellor.”—Wynne.
 


 Colt (A).Colt (To). 

 
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