Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Juliet

Daughter of Lady Capulet, and “sweet sweeting” of Romeo, in Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. She has become a household word for a lady-love.

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

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