Cham
(kam). The sovereign prince of Tartary, now written,
“khan.”
“Fetch you a hair off the great Cham's beard.” —Shakespeare: Much
Ado About Nothing, ii. 1.
The great Cham of Literature.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784).
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