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Surrey

Anglo-Saxon, Suth-rea (south of the river —i.e. the Thames), or Suth-rie (south kingdom).

Saddle White Surrey for the field tomorrow
(Shakespeare: Richard III.). Surrey is the Syrian horse, as Roan Barbary in Richard II. is the Barbary horse or barb. (See Horse.)

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