Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Monumental City

Baltimore, U.S., is so called because it abounds in monuments: witness the obelisk, the 104 churches, etc.

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