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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fencible Regiments.
 
A kind of militia raised in 1759, again in 1778–9, and again in 1794, when a force of 15,000 was raised. The force was disbanded in 1802.   1
 


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