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 CrownsCrow’s-Nest (The), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Crowner.
 
Coroner—i.e. an officer of the Crown.   1
        “The crowner hath sat on her, and finds it Christian burial.”—Shakespeare: Hamlet, v. 1.
 


 CrownsCrow’s-Nest (The), 

 
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