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 Amphig’ons.Amphi’on 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Amphigouri,
 
nonsense verse, rigmarole.   1
        “A kind of overgrown amphigouri, a heterogeneous combination.”—Quarterly Review, i. 50, 1809.
   Porson’s “Three Children sliding on the Ice” is a good specimen of amphigouri.   2
 


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