Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—E

Ebony

God's image done in ebony. Negroes. Thomas Fuller gave birth to this expression.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Ebu'dæ
Eblis
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