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 Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece.Knights of the Pestle or Knights of the Pestle and Mortar. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Knights of the Pencil.
 
The betters in races; so called because they always keep a pencil in hand to mark down their bets.   1
 


 Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece.Knights of the Pestle or Knights of the Pestle and Mortar. 

 
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