Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Congreve Rockets

(1808.) So called from Sir William Congreve, eldest son of Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Congreve (1772-1828).

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