Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Alias

“You have as many aliases as Robin of Bagshot,” one of Macheath's gang: he was Robin of Bagshot, alias Gordon, alias Bluff Bob, alias Carbuncle, alias Bob Booty. —Gay: The Beggar's Opera.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Alibi (elsewhere).
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