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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Daron, Daronne (French).
 
The sobriquet given, at the present day, by workmen to shopkeepers and cobblers.   1
        “Il étoit maître de tout, jusqu’à manier l’argent de la daronne.”—Histoire de Guillaume, cocher.
 


 Darley Arabians.Daronne. 

 
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