Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brace

The Brace Tavern, southeast corner of King's Bench; originally kept by two brothers named Partridge,

i.e. a brace of birds.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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