Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Colon

One of the rabble leaders in Hudibras was Noel Perryan, or Ned Perry, an ostler, who loved bear-baiting, but was a very straight-laced Puritan of low morals.

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