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 Cornish Wonder (The).Cornu-co’pia. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Cornubian Shore (The).
 
Cornwall, famous for its tin mines.   1
       
“… from the bleak Cornubian shore
Dispense the mineral treasure, which of old
Sidonian pilots sought.”
       
Akenside: Hymn to the Naiads.
 


 Cornish Wonder (The).Cornu-co’pia. 

 
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