Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bridlegoose

(Judge ), or Bridoie, who decided the causes brought to him by the throw of dice. (Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel, iii. 39.)

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