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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
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A corrupt way of making a capital \??\ in Old English, and used as low down as 1750; as ffrance for France, ffarrington for Farrington, etc.   1
 


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