Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Fine-ear

One of Fortunio's servants, who could hear the grass grow and the mole work underground. (Grimm's Goblins: Fortunio.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Finetor
Fine as Fivepence
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