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> Joncs.
Jonc (French).
Jordan Passed.
CONTENTS
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
E. Cobham Brewer
18101897
. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Joncs.
Etre sur le joncs
(to be on the straw)
i.e.
in prison.
1
Plantez aux hurmes vos picons
Da paour les bisans si tres-durs
Et aussi destre sur les joncz,
Emmanchez en coffre et gros murs.
Villon: Jargon et Jobelin,
ballade 1.
Jonc (French).
Jordan Passed.
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