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 Court Circular.Court Fools. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Court-cupboard.
 
The buffet to hold flagons, cans, cups, and beakers. There are two in Stationers’ Hall.   1
        “A way with the joint-stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate.”—Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, i. 5.
 


 Court Circular.Court Fools. 

 
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